EXTRA-CARDIAC DIFFERENTIAL VENTRICULAR ACTUATION BY INERTIAL AND BARIC PARTITIONING
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1. A device for restoring cardiovascular equilibrium comprising:
- a cup configured to encompass, and to seal to the atrio-ventricular groove of a heart;
said cup applying inertial and baric energy to the left ventricle and baric energy to right ventricle;
said cup localizing a heart such that motion of the heart'"'"'s center of mass is minimized.
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Abstract
A device for extra-cardiac actuation for the support of a failing heart is provided that utilizes the inertial component of a driving fluid to provide separately adjustable quantities of supportive energy to the left and right ventricles. By partitioning the inertial and baric forms of energy delivered to a single chamber, heart encircling assist device, and by localizing the heart to minimize lateral and axial displacement a device and method for achieving balanced left-right flow is disclosed that restores the Frank-Starling mechanism to a failing heart and assists recovery by enabling the heart to achieve physiologic cardiovascular equilibrium.
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1. A device for restoring cardiovascular equilibrium comprising:
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a cup configured to encompass, and to seal to the atrio-ventricular groove of a heart; said cup applying inertial and baric energy to the left ventricle and baric energy to right ventricle; said cup localizing a heart such that motion of the heart'"'"'s center of mass is minimized. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method for restoring cardiovascular equilibrium comprising:
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(a) providing a cup configured to encompass, and to seal to the atrio-ventricular groove of a heart; (b) applying, using the cup, inertial and baric energy to the left ventricle and baric energy to right ventricle; and (c) localizing a heart such that motion of the heart'"'"'s center of mass is minimized such that a state of cardiovascular equilibrium is reached. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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