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Endovascular ventricular assist device, using the mathematical objective and principle of superposition

  • US 8,840,539 B2
  • Filed: 10/10/2013
  • Issued: 09/23/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An endovascular ventricular assist device (EVAD) configured to be used in connection with a patient having a body, blood, and a descending aorta, the EVAD comprising:

  • an axial flow pump configured to be placed into the patient'"'"'s descending aorta by a catheterization procedure; and

    a power transfer belt configured to be disposed external to the patient'"'"'s body and to provide power wirelessly to the pump when the pump is placed into the patient'"'"'s descending aorta to allow the pump to move the patient'"'"'s blood through the descending aorta at a substantially constant rate.

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