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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2001
William Suttle Peters, Auckland, NZ;
Peter Crispin Lawrence Marsh, Birchgrove, AU;
Geoffrey Hamilton White, East Balmain, AU;
Rolf Gunnar Unger, Kingsgrove, AU;
Frederick Paget Milsom, Auckland, NZ;
Hans Hansforth Henrichsen, Shalvey, AU;
Colin Edward Sullivan, Birchgrove, AU;
Sunshine Heart Company Pty Ltd, New South Wales, AU;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for use in assisting a human heart are disclosed. The apparatus comprises an aortic compression means which may be fully implantable, a fluid reservoir and a pump means adapted to pump a fluid from the reservoir to the aortic compression means so as to actuate the aortic compression means at least partly in counterpulsation with the patient's heart. In addition, the device is adapted to be wholly positioned within the right chest cavity of the patient. The aortic compression means of the device may be curved along its length so as to substantially replicate the curve of the ascending aorta.