A61M 60/191
Mechanically acting upon the outside of the patient's native heart
Official title: mechanically acting upon the outside of the patient's native heart, e.g. compressive structures placed around the heart
A61M60/191 (Mechanically acting upon the outside of the patient's native heart) appears on 267 US grants and 257 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 267
- Published applications
- 257
- Assignees
- 112
- Inventors
- 375
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2005 | 2 | 11 |
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| 2011 | 6 | 13 |
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| 2019 | 5 | 12 |
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| 2022 | 12 | 17 |
| 2023 | 3 | 10 |
| 2024 | 10 | 11 |
| 2025 | 13 | 13 |
| 2026 | 8 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Distensible knitted wire mesh for a cardiac sleeve18 Aug 2026US 12,708,758 B2The Regents of the University of California
- Cardiac compression device having passive and active chambers18 Aug 2026US 12,708,759 B2CorInnova Incoporated
- Operable implant11 Aug 2026US 12,702,752 B2
- System and method for providing improved cardiac pump function through synchronization with the natural mechanical contractions of the heart4 Aug 2026US 12,697,482 B2Lifebridge Technologies LLC
- Apparatus, systems, and methods for percutaneous pneumatic cardiac assistance13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232988 A1PercAssist, Inc.
- Heart help device, system and method13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233013 A1
- System and Method for Assisting the Heart in Pumping Blood23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207920 A1Lifebridge Technologies LLC
- Heart support appartus for cardiac resuscitation9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192103 A1Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
- Cardiac assist devices and system, and methods for implementing the same18 Jun 2026US 2026/0166300 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Actuation mechanisms for a heart actuation device1,020US 7,658,705 B2CardioEnergetics, Inc. · 2010
- External cardiac assist device476US 5,131,905 A1992
- Biocompatible ventricular assist and arrhythmia control device including cardiac compression band-stay-pad assembly333US 5,383,840 AVascor, Inc. · 1995
- Heart assist jacket and method of using it310US 4,957,477 AAstra Tech AB · 1990
- Biocompatible ventricular assist and arrhythmia control device including cardiac compression pad and compression assembly304US 5,098,369 AVascor, Inc. · 1992