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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2004
Adrian Kantrowski, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Robert Merrill Smith, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
Adrian Kantrowski, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Robert Merrill Smith, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
L-VAD Technology, Inc., Plymouth, MI (US);
Abstract
An aortic blood pump is described that can be inflated and deflated in response to selective communication with a source of pressurized fluid or air. The pump includes a structure adapted to maintain implant stability in the face of mechanical and fluid forces to which it is exposed in situ. The pump may include a wall adapted to maintain implant stability by connection of the wall to a stiffening element, such as a stent, a brace, a stiffener or any combination of these. Additionally, the pump optionally includes a wall adapted to maintain implant stability by configuring the interior volume to generally follow the contour of the native human aorta.