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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2004
Filed:
May. 07, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul Nigroni, Wanaque, NJ (US);
Lara Sarraf, Waldwick, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/12 ;
Abstract
An intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) having improved automated electrocardiogram (ECG) based intra-aortic balloon deflation timing. Said IABP capable of automatically determining to either deflate the intra-aortic balloon upon the detection of the next cardiac cycle (non-predictive deflation) or at an earlier point derived from predicting the occurrence of the next cycle (predictive deflation). This automated determination is based upon a quantitative assessment of the performance of the intra-aortic balloon pump in predicting the prevailing cardiac rhythm.