US 2009/0156885 A1Published application

Artificial heart system

AssigneeMicroMed Technology, Inc.

InventorsGino Morello, Robert Benkowski

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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.

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Dependent claims

A heart pump system, comprising:

first and second blood pumps;
and
a controller operably connected to the first and second pumps.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 11/916,958Filed 8 Jun 2006
Priority: 8 Jun 2005
Published: 18 Jun 2009
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification16 codes

A61M 60/183
Drawing blood from a ventricle and returning the blood to the arterial system via a cannula external to the ventricle, e.g. left or right…:…
A61M 60/422
For non-positive displacement blood pumps: the force acting on the blood contacting member being electromagnetic, e.g. using canned motor pumps
A61M 60/178
Implantable in, on, or around the heart: drawing blood from a ventricle and returning the blood to the arterial system via a cannula external to…
A61M 60/196
Implantable pumps or pumping devices, i.e. the blood being pumped inside the patient's body: replacing the entire heart, e.g. total artificial…

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Application60/595,131Us provisional application · filed 8 Jun 2005
US 9,861,729 B2Related patent
US 2009/0156885 A1This patent

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