ARTIFICIAL HEART PUMPS

Brand	Owner (click to sort)	Address	Description
2ND HEART	CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY	1200 East California Boulevard Mail Code 110-87 Pasadena CA 91125	artificial heart pumps;HEART;
SECOND HEART ASSIST	SECOND HEART ASSIST, INC.	2500 SOUTH STATE STREET #249 SALT LAKE CITY UT 84115	artificial heart pumps;HEART ASSIST;
	Where the owner name is not linked, that owner no longer owns the brand

Technical Examples

Soft, multi-fingered resilient robotic fingers for selectively assisting heart ventricles or other organ to produce internal pressure and to pump blood, in synchrony with the systolic contraction of the ventricle or organ, as well as providing arrhythmia control of a beating heart. The apparatus is electrically-controlled and implantable. The plurality of soft fingers monitor and gently squeeze the heart (systole) or organ to enhance blood circulation and assist the heart or organ. The soft fingers work in harmony, by means of a micro-processor controlled solenoid or other linear robotic actuators such as metal-hydride actuators or polymeric artificial muscles, and a resilient body or a spring, to close once the solenoid is powered to retract away from the heart or organ when the solenoid is not powered. Monitoring electrodes can be affixed to the soft fingers. The power supply for the implanted device can be transcutaneously rechargeable batteries.