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Cardiac assist apparatus

US5273518A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 31, 1992
Grant dateDec 28, 1993
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Expiry dateJan 31, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61M60/274
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Regulators for improved cardiac assist systems of the type including skeletal muscle powered fluid pressure means, a cardiac cup and/or an aortic balloon pump. The regulators convert the positive pressures generated by contracting muscle into both positive and negative pressures useful in the systems.

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