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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 1991
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1988
James W Biondi, North Haven, CT (US);
Richard A Mentelos, Hamden, CT (US);
Cardiopulmonary Corporation, Branford, CT (US);
Abstract
Improved cardiocirculatory assistance is provided to a patient by detecting the onset of ventricular ejection in the cardiac cycle of the patient and selectively increasing intrathoracic pressure of the patient in relative phase with respect to the onset of ventricular ejection. Cardiocirculatory output may be monitored and the relative phase of the increase in intrathoracic pressure with respect to the onset of ventricular ejection adjusted to maximize cardiac output. The intrathoracic pressure is increased once every N cardiac cycles where N is a positive integer. The patient interface may include apparatus for supplying high frequency respiration pulses in synchronism with the cardiac cycle. Alternately, or in addition, the pulses may be used to inflate a bladder in contact with the thorax.