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Pump for assistance in circulation

US4697574A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 20, 1986
Grant dateOct 6, 1987
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Expiry dateFeb 20, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61M60/833
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A first balloon 11 plugs the aorta 1 during the diastole, upstream of the supraaortic arteries 2, 3. A second balloon 12 insures a propulsion of blood toward the coronaries 6,7. A pump 8 commands the inflation and deflation of the balloons from signals from an ECG and a pressure sensor 13 placed opposite the coronaries 6,7.

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