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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2010
Applicants:
Clifton A. Alferness, Redmond, WA (US);
Jai Shankar Raman, North Baldwyn, AU;
John Melmouth Power, Williamstown, AU;
Inventors:
Clifton A. Alferness, Redmond, WA (US);
Jai Shankar Raman, North Baldwyn, AU;
John Melmouth Power, Williamstown, AU;
Assignee:
Mardil, Inc., Plymouth, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cardiac support device comprising a jacket of flexible and biocompatible material having a first axis for alignment generally parallel to a longitudinal axis of a patient's heart and a second axis that is transverse to the first axis. The material exhibits an amount of expansion in response to a force applied to the material along the first axis that is different than an amount of expansion in response to the force applied to the material along the second axis.