Global Patent Index - EP 0774984 A1

EP 0774984 A1 19970528 - METHOD OF TRAINING A SKELETAL MUSCLE FOR A BIOMECHANICAL HEART AND BIOMECHANICAL HEART USING SAID MUSCLE

Title (en)

METHOD OF TRAINING A SKELETAL MUSCLE FOR A BIOMECHANICAL HEART AND BIOMECHANICAL HEART USING SAID MUSCLE

Title (de)

TRAININGSMETHODE FÜR EINEN SKELETTMUSKEL ZUR ANWENDUNG IN EINER MECHANISCHEN HERZPUMPE

Title (fr)

PROCEDE D'ENTRAINEMENT D'UN MUSCLE SQUELETTIQUE POUR UN C UR BIOMECANIQUE ET C UR BIOMECANIQUE UTILISANT UN TEL MUSCLE

Publication

EP 0774984 A1 19970528 (FR)

Application

EP 94916281 A 19940513

Priority

  • FR 9400571 W 19940513
  • FR 9305853 A 19930514
  • FR 9309954 A 19930813
  • FR 9312075 A 19931011

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO9426326A1] A method for dynamically training a skeletal muscle (1) to be used for a biomechanical heart involves wrapping the skeletal muscle around a deformable training device (2) which can contract, resistance to contraction being provided, and recover its initial form. The skeletal muscle is stimulated by periodic electrical impulses. In a first stage, the skeletal muscle (1) is stimulated by electrical impulses at a frequency increasing with time, and in a second stage the contraction resistance of the deformable training device (2) is increased progressively, the first and second stages possibly overlapping slightly. A biomechanical heart operated by a skeletal muscle having undergone said dynamic training is also disclosed.

IPC 1-7

A61M 1/10

IPC 8 full level

A61M 60/152 (2021.01); A61M 60/191 (2021.01); A61M 60/268 (2021.01); A61M 60/289 (2021.01); A61M 60/438 (2021.01); A61M 60/468 (2021.01); A61M 60/47 (2021.01); A61M 60/515 (2021.01); A61M 60/882 (2021.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

A61M 60/152 (2021.01 - EP US); A61M 60/191 (2021.01 - EP US); A61M 60/268 (2021.01 - EP US); A61M 60/289 (2021.01 - EP US); A61M 60/438 (2021.01 - EP US); A61M 60/468 (2021.01 - EP US); A61M 60/47 (2021.01 - EP US); A61M 60/515 (2021.01 - EP US); A61M 60/882 (2021.01 - EP US); A61M 60/274 (2021.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 9426326A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

BE DE FR GB IT NL

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 9426326 A1 19941124; AU 6799894 A 19941212; AU 692770 B2 19980618; CA 2162585 A1 19941124; EP 0774984 A1 19970528; JP H09506517 A 19970630; US 5814102 A 19980929

DOCDB simple family (application)

FR 9400571 W 19940513; AU 6799894 A 19940513; CA 2162585 A 19940513; EP 94916281 A 19940513; JP 52507694 A 19940513; US 54972195 A 19951214