Device for supporting cardiac function having elastic filling chambers

US6206820A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. · DE

Inventors

• Arif Kazi · Aalen, DE
• Paul Volker · Andover, US
• Peter Feindt · Homburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 17, 1998
• Grant date: Mar 27, 2001
• Expiry date: Jun 17, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M60/861
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A device for assisting the functioning of a heart has elastic filling chambers attached to an elastic cover which can be placed at least partially around the heart. The filling chambers can be repetitively filled and emptied to exert mechanical pressure on a region of a pumping chamber of the heart.