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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1992
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
David P Summers, Houston, TX (US);
Jeddy D Nixon, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
American BioMed, Inc., Montgomery, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ; A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623-3 ; 600 16 ;
Abstract
A temporary circulatory assist pump is disclosed for implantation in the heart of a patient through the femoral artery. The pump is driven by a flexible drive shaft extending through a catheter and being connected to a power source outside the body of the patient. The pump utilizes the moineau pumping principal to pump blood at a rate of approximately three to four liters per minute through the circulatory system of the patient.