Device for cardiac restoration
US7029433B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 16, 2002 |
| Grant date | Apr 18, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 16, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N1/3627
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention herein is an enhanced VAD device (EVAD), for a physician to use to restore a dysfunctioning native heart with severe muscular damages to good health, so that the EVAD can be explanted eventually. The EVAD device comprises one or two VAD(s) a pacemaker for sending electrical pulses to the native heart, a first monitor for monitoring the patient's response to each of said electrical pulses from the pacemaker, ccntrolled means a set of attachments for measuring biological and or clinical signals at various organs both inside and outside the patient's body, and a controller for facilitating the physician's work.
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