Patent ID: 11904154
Assignee: nan
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  F | IPC A  F

Claim 0:
1. A half of an artificial heart, comprising a hermetically sealed hard shell as a housing of said half of said artificial heart, said half of said artificial heart having a blood chamber including an inlet and an outlet and a drive chamber including a connection as an in- and outlet, comprising:
said hard shell being divided into at least a first half shell and a second half shell;
wherein said first half shell includes an inlet and an outlet opening;
wherein said second half shell includes an opening and a means to accept a drive medium;
wherein a first portion of said blood chamber up to a first half of said blood chamber is attached to at least a portion of said first half shell;
wherein a first portion of said drive chamber up to a first half of said drive chamber is attached to at least a portion of said second half shell;
wherein a second portion up to a second half of said drive chamber is in contact with a second portion up to a second half of said blood chamber;
wherein when said portion of said second half of the drive chamber moves, the contact between said drive chamber with said blood chamber produces a circumferential bending wave along the second portion of the blood chamber; and
wherein said second portion of said blood chamber moves into a hollow portion of said first half shell and into a hollow portion of said second half shell alternately, with reduced stress and stretching.