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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2023
Applicants:
Yossi Gross, Mazor, IL;
Oz Cabiri, Hod HaSharon, IL;
Inventors:
Yossi Gross, Mazor, IL;
Oz Cabiri, Hod HaSharon, IL;
Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 60/554 (2021.01); A61M 60/178 (2021.01); A61M 60/268 (2021.01); A61M 60/438 (2021.01); A61M 60/508 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 60/178 (2021.01); A61M 60/268 (2021.01); A61M 60/438 (2021.01); A61M 60/508 (2021.01);
Abstract
A ventricular assist device (VAD) for use with a heart includes a housing, an upper membrane pump including a pumping chamber coupled to one-way upper inlet and outlet valves, a lower membrane pump including a pumping chamber coupled to one-way lower inlet and outlet valves, and an actuator that causes the upper membrane pump and the lower membrane pump to alternately draw blood into and pump blood out of their respective pumping chambers, and a control module in operative communication with the actuator, wherein the actuator operates with a pumping frequency which is greater than a pulse frequency of the heart.