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US 2018/0001004 A1Published application
Pump for right atrium
AssigneeRainbow Medical Ltd.
InventorsZev SOHN, Yossi GROSS
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Abstract
Apparatus and methods are described, including apparatus (20) for implanting in a heart of a human subject. The apparatus includes an interatrial anchor (22) shaped to define an opening (26) having a diameter of 4-8 mm, and a bag (24) in fluid communication with the opening of the anchor. The apparatus is shaped to fit within a right atrium of the heart of the subject, and has a capacity of between 4 and 20 cm3. Other applications are also described.
Claims15
1-22. (canceled)
A method for treating a subject, the method comprising:
- during atrial diastole of the subject, receiving blood from the left atrium of the subject into a bag that is disposed within a right atrium of the subject;
- and
- during atrial systole of the subject, utilizing musculature of the right atrium to pump blood from the bag into the left atrium, by compressing the bag.
A method comprising:
- inserting apparatus into a right atrium of a subject, the apparatus including an interatrial anchor and a bag in fluid communication with an opening of the anchor;
- and
- anchoring the anchor to an interatrial septum of the subject, such that the anchor provides fluid communication between a left atrium of the subject and the bag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.