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US 2014/0194717 A1Published application
Supporting a heart
OwnerStephen Manuel Wildhirt, Markus Meisterinventors
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Abstract
A heart support system featuring a sheath sized to fit about at least a portion of an adult human heart in a living body, an expansion sleeve disposed within the sheath and sized to fit about the heart and a sensor sleeve disposed within the sheath and sized to fit about the heart. The expansion sleeve is at least partially defining an expandable chamber. The sensor sleeve carries at least one sensor electrically responsive to a heart parameter.
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A heart support system comprising
- a sheath sized to fit about at least a portion of an adult human heart in a living body,
- an expansion sleeve disposed within the sheath and sized to fit about the heart, the expansion sleeve at least partially defining an expandable chamber;
- and
- a sensor sleeve disposed within the sheath and sized to fit about the heart, the sensor sleeve carrying at least one sensor electrically responsive to a heart parameter.
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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 comprising
- a sheath sized to fit about at least a portion of an adult human heart in a living body,
- an expansion sleeve disposed within the sheath and sized to fit about the heart, the expansion sleeve at least partially defining an expandable chamber;
- and
- a sensor sleeve disposed within the sheath and sized to fit about the heart, the sensor sleeve carrying at least one sensor electrically responsive to a heart parameter;
- and
- surrounding at least a portion of a heart within the body with the inserted heart support system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.