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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 1986
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Didier Lapeyre, 27120 Pacy sur Eure, FR;
Jean-Louis Chareire, 92300 Levallois, FR;
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623-3 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a total cardiac prothesis destined to replace the sick human heart. According to the invention, this prothesis comprises a pericardial unit (3) and an extra-pericardial unit (4), including their own electro-mechanical pumping system and interconnected through a connecting line for blood and gas (5). The pericardial unit acts as the right heart and the extra-pericardial unit as the left heart.