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US RE41,394 E1Granted
Implantable device for utilization of the hydraulic energy of the heart
OwnerMogens Bugge, Goran Palmersinventors
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A device, potentially implantable in a living organism, intended to utilize at least a part of the hydraulic energy generated by the heart (10)—the primary unit—at the natural phases of work when the cavities of the heart (11, 12 and 16, 17) are filed with blood. The device includes at least one secondary unit (24), which is connectable to the cardiovascular system of the organism and arranged to utilize said hydraulic energy. The secondary unit is represented by at least one hydraulic motor (24a) arranged to transfer the hydraulic energy to a transferal organ (28). The transferal organ (28) is arranged to influence at least one tertiary unit, for example an executive device (29), which is constructed in order to convert the transferred energy to an alternative form of energy, with the purpose to influence certain defined functions within the organism. Preferably is arranged a regulating device (30) in order to control running parameters of the unit.
A device for implantation, able to make use of at least part of the hydraulic energy generated by a heart at its natural phases of work, said device including at least one actuator connected to the cardiovascular system of an organism, said actuator arranged in order to transfer the hydraulic energy to an executive organs, said executive organ arranged to influence certain defined functions within or outside the organisms, characterised by the actuator consisting of a hydraulic motor located outside the cardiovascular system of the organism, said hydraulic motor arranged to conduct at least part of the hydraulic fluid to and fro between the hydraulic motor and its connecting site to the organism, and/or between arteries and/or veins and that the executive organ consists of at least one pump powered by the hydraulic motor, said pump delivering hydraulic fluid to and fro vessels synchronously or asynchronously in relation to the rhythm of the heart with or without pressure amplification.
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