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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2006
Applicants:
Morteza Gharib, San Marino, CA (US);
Derek Rinderknecht, Arcadia, CA (US);
Idit Avrahami, Rosh-Haayin, IL;
Brad Sharp, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Morteza Gharib, San Marino, CA (US);
Derek Rinderknecht, Arcadia, CA (US);
Idit Avrahami, Rosh-Haayin, IL;
Brad Sharp, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/362 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A pump installed inside a graft in a body such as the human body to force fluid such as blood through that graft. The pump can be one which operates totally from the outside of the graft, forcing fluid through the graft without extending inside the graft. The pump can be an impedance pump, that operates based on the fluidic mismatches between the graft, and other fluid carrying vessels within the human body.