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US 2014/0194678 A1Published application
Supporting a heart
AssigneeAdjuCor GmbH
InventorsStephen Manuel Wildhirt, Andreas Maier
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Abstract
A heart support system featuring a sleeve sized to fit about at least a portion of an adult human heart in a living body, the sleeve having an inner surface arranged to contact the heart in use and a sheath extending about and constraining the sleeve. At least one of the sheath and sleeve carry a discrete mark detectable from outside the body with the sheath and sleeve implanted within the body. The position of the support system about the heart can be determined with reference to the mark.
Claims22
A heart support system comprising
- a sleeve sized to fit about at least a portion of an adult human heart in a living body, the sleeve having an inner surface arranged to contact the heart in use;
- and
- a sheath extending about and constraining the sleeve;
- wherein at least one of the sheath and sleeve carry a discrete mark detectable from outside the body with the sheath and sleeve implanted within the body.
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A method of supporting a heart, the method comprising:
- inserting a heart support system into a living body, the support system bearing a mark;
- surrounding at least a portion of a heart within the body with the inserted heart support system;
- and
- determining a positioning of the support system about the heart with reference to the mark.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.