Heart support and massage machine
AssigneeImam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
InventorAbdulrahman Athwan S. Alqarni
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AssigneeImam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
InventorAbdulrahman Athwan S. Alqarni
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A heart support apparatus includes a heart wrap having a shape configured to conform with a heart of a patient. The heart wrap includes four inflatable compartments, each inflatable compartment is configured to cover one of a pair of atriums and a pair of ventricles. The apparatus includes a negative charge pad configured to deliver an electrical stimulus to the heart and a positive charge pad configured to receive the electrical stimulus. The negative and the positive charge pads are connected to a power source through negative and positive lead cables, respectively. An external device with four piston pumps is used to circulate fluids to the inflatable compartments. A first suction tube and a second suction tube remove a first fluid and a second fluid, respectively, from the heart wrap. A controller with program instructions controls the piston pumps.
A heart support apparatus for massaging a heart of a patient, comprising:
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