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Cardiac support device with differential compliance

US8277372B2 · kind B2 · utility

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14Claims

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Assignee

Mardil, Inc. · US

Inventors

Clifton A. Alferness · Redmond, US
Jai Shankar Raman · Hastings, AU
John Melmouth Power · Williamstown, AU

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 8, 2010
Grant date	Oct 2, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 8, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2002/0068
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A cardiac support device comprising a jacket of flexible and biocompatible material having a first axis for alignment generally parallel to a longitudinal axis of a patient's heart and a second axis that is transverse to the first axis. The material exhibits an amount of expansion in response to a force applied to the material along the first axis that is different than an amount of expansion in response to the force applied to the material along the second axis.

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