Patent ID: 11881121
Assignee: THE AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
coupling an inflow pump having a first motor to a first portion of a fluid reservoir, the first motor configured to control movement of fluid from the first portion of the fluid reservoir to two or more inlet valves of a heart via the inflow pump;
coupling an outflow pump having a second motor to a second portion of the fluid reservoir, the second motor configured to control movement of the fluid by extracting the fluid from two outlet valves of the heart via the outflow pump and pumping the extracted fluid to the second portion of the fluid reservoir via the outflow pump;
coupling the heart to (i) the inflow pump using the two or more inlet valves and (ii) the outflow pump using the two outlet valves; and
actuating a control apparatus that alternately activates the first motor and the second motor.