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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:
Nov. 30, 1999
Filed:
May. 06, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Douglas R Murphy-Chutorian, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Richard L Mueller, Byron, CA (US);
Michael J Rosinko, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Eclipse Surgical Technologies, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 12 ; 606 15 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for treating a heart by stimulating revascularization of the heart or creating channels in the heart, the apparatus comprising a sensor, an artificial energy source for causing a first created heartbeat, and a revascularization device coupled to the sensor for creating a first revascularization event in the heart, the revascularization device being controllable to cause the first revascularization event to occur at a selected time in relation to the first created heartbeat if the sensor has detected the first created heartbeat.