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Patent No.:

US 8550976 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013

Filed:

Dec. 02, 2011

Implantable driver with non-invasive transmural powering device for cardiac assist and combined assist and support devices

Applicant:

John C. Criscione, College Station, TX (US);

Inventor:

John C. Criscione, College Station, TX (US);

Assignee:

The Texas A&M University System, College Station, TX (US);

Attorneys:

Chainey P. Singleton

Edwin S. Flores

Chalker Flores, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Christopher D Koharski

Assistant Examiner:

Michael Carey

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/362 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention an implantable, sub-cutaneous, bellows-like device with one plate proximal (or superficial) to the skin surface and the other plate distal (or deep) to the skin surface having a component of a pneumatic/hydraulic driver for an implantable medical device such as a cardiac assist, cardiac support, or combined cardiac assist and support device and inducible magnet material on the distal plate of the bellows that can be magnetically drawn towards the proximal plate by the action of a magnet outside the body to contract the bellows or pressurize the fluid in the bellows.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Criscione, John. (2013). Implantable driver with non-invasive transmural powering device for cardiac assist and combined assist and support devices (U.S. Patent No. 8550976). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8550976

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