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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2006
Applicants:
Gino Morello, Houston, TX (US);
Robert Benkowski, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Gino Morello, Houston, TX (US);
Robert Benkowski, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Reliant Heart Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/10 (2006.01); A61M 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/1086 (2013.01); A61M 1/101 (2013.01); A61M 1/1031 (2014.02); A61M 1/122 (2014.02);
Abstract
A blood pump system includes two blood pumps, which may be implanted into a patient. The blood pumps may comprise VAD pumps. Control devices and methods operate the pumps such that they can function as a total artificial heart.