Heart help device, system, and method
OwnerPeter Forsellinventor
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Abstract
An implantable heart help device adapted for implantation in a human patient is provided. The device comprising a fixating member adapted to fixate said device to a part of the human body comprising bone. Further a method of fixating an implantable heart help device in a human patient is provided. The method comprises the steps of: cutting the skin of said human patient, dissecting an area of the body comprising bone, and fixating said implantable heart help device to said part of the body comprising bone.
Claims13
An implantable heart help device for assisting the pump function of the heart by exerting an external force on the heart, wherein said implantable device comprises:
- a first fixating member adapted to fixate said device to the sternum,
- a second fixating member,
- at least one connecting arm,
- at least one heart pump device, wherein said connecting arm is in contact with said second fixating member, and said heart pump device, and wherein said second fixating member is displaceable in relation to said first fixating member for changing the position of said heart pump device, and
- a locking member adapted to lock said second fixating member in a position in relation to said first fixating member.
An implantable heart help device for assisting the pump function of the heart by exerting an external force on the heart, wherein said implantable device comprises:
- a first fixating member adapted to fixate said device to the sternum,
- a second fixating member,
- at least one connecting arm,
- at least one heart pump device, wherein said connecting arm is in contact with said second fixating member and said heart pump device, and wherein said second fixating member is displaceable in relation to said first fixating member for changing the position of said heart pump device, and
- wherein said implantable heart help device further comprises a system comprising an internal energy receiver, adapted to be energized non-invasively and wirelessly by an energy transmission device from outside the patient's body, adapted for sending wireless energy to at least one of:
- an implantable internal energy source comprised in the system, being chargeable by the energy transferred from the energy transmission device, and
- at least one implantable energy consuming component of the system adapted for at least one of;
- directly using the wireless energy in its wireless state,
- using energy supplied from an energy transforming device comprised in the system, and
- receiving the wireless energy.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.