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

Claim 7:
8. A method comprising:
controlling a first pump to pump fluid received from a reservoir to a first set of two or more valves of a heart;
controlling a second pump to pump the fluid received from a second set of two or more valves of the heart to the reservoir, the second pump configured to extract the fluid from the second set of two or more valves of the heart and pump the extracted fluid to the reservoir;
coupling the reservoir to (i) the first pump using a first connector and (ii) the second pump using a second connector;
coupling the heart to (i) the first pump using the first set of two or more valves and (ii) the second pump using the second set of two or more valves; and
activating the first pump and the second pump alternatively such that the first pump is activated when the second pump is deactivated and the second pump is activated when the first pump is activated.