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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joshua E Tsitlik, Cliffside Park, NJ (US);
Howard R Levin, Teaneck, NJ (US);
Naum Ziselson, Baltimore, MD (US);
Paul C Michelman, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
Cardio Technologies, Inc., Pine Brook, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
600 16 ; 623-3 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for assisting a heart to pump blood includes a housing that defines an internal chamber for receiving a heart. The housing has a first opening to supply fluid to the internal chamber of the housing. Uniform pressure is applied to at least a majority portion of an exterior ventricular surface of a heart that is placed within the internal chamber so that the heart is substantially uniformly deformed to simulate a systolic phase.