Impedance Pump Used in Bypass Grafts
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Abstract
A pump installed inside a graft in a body such as the human body to force fluid such as blood through that graft. The pump can be one which operates totally from the outside of the graft, forcing fluid through the graft without extending inside the graft. The pump can be an impedance pump, that operates based on the fluidic mismatches between the graft, and other fluid carrying vessels within the human body.
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19 Claims
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1-6. -6. (canceled)
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7. A graft for a body, comprising:
a section of conduit, having a first and a second end, adapted to be attached to first and second sections of a blood carrying vessel within the body, to be bypassed; an actuator, attached to said section of conduit, and operating to compress an area of said section of conduit periodically, and in a way that produces fluid flow along said section of conduit at a specified rate, but has no sections extending inside said section of conduit. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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12. A method, comprising:
- installing a graft in a body; and
pumping fluid through the graft without using any parts that extend inside the graft. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
- installing a graft in a body; and
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