EP 1631348 A2 20060308 - DEFORMING JACKET FOR A HEART ACTUATION DEVICE
Title (en)
DEFORMING JACKET FOR A HEART ACTUATION DEVICE
Title (de)
VERFORMENDER MANTEL FÜR EINE HERZBETÄTIGUNGSVORRICHTUNG
Title (fr)
GAINE DEFORMANTE POUR UN DISPOSITIF D'ACTIVATION CARDIAQUE
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 2004018298 W 20040609
- US 47708603 P 20030609
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2004110307A2] The invention consists of a cushioned active cyclically deforming cushion or jacket (39) that surrounds the outer or epicardial surface of at least one chamber (2, 3, 4, 5) of the natural heart, including its base, configured so that internal components may be suspended from the jacket (39) by heart wall-penetrating cords to complete a restraining harness over the entire 3-dimensional boundary of the chamber or chambers. The cushion or jacket (39) provides protective and stabilizing openings (8, 9, 10) for atria and their inflow valves as well as for great vessels and their outflow valves. It is equipped with one or more actuator mechanisms (37, 38) that cyclically change shape at one or more sites, thus altering heart wall shape and chamber volume.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A61N 1/362 (2006.01)
IPC 8 main group level
A61F (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
A61F 2/2481 (2013.01); A61F 2/2442 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 2004110307 A2 20041223; WO 2004110307 A3 20050310; EP 1631348 A2 20060308; EP 1631348 A4 20081224
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 2004018298 W 20040609; EP 04754797 A 20040609