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Patent No.:

US 4902272 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 1990

Filed:

Jun. 17, 1987

Intra-arterial cardiac support system

Applicant:
Inventors:

Fredric L Milder, Brookline, MA (US);

Robert T Kung, Andover, MA (US);

David M Lederman, Marblehead, MA (US);

Param I Singh, Lexington, MA (US);

Assignee:

Abiomed Cardiovascular, Inc., Danvers, MA (US);

Attorney:

Lahive & Cockfield

Primary Examiner:

C Fred Rosenbaum

Assistant Examiner:

Adam Cermak

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
600 18 ; 600 16 ; 600 17 ;
Abstract

An intra-arterial cardiac support system including multiple balloons for placement in the descending aorta with one balloon serving as a pumping balloon and one or more balloons serving as valve balloons, at least one of the valve balloons being positioned distal to the natural heart. The balloons are individually inflated and deflated to provide for sequential pumping action, with the sequence operating in timed relation to the sytstole and diastole of the natural heart.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Milder, Fredric. (1990). Intra-arterial cardiac support system (U.S. Patent No. 4902272). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/4902272

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