Patent ID: 6190304
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
An intra-aortic circulatory enhancing apparatus for use in human patients to improve blood flow through the aorta and to other arteries continuous with the aorta of the patient, the apparatus comprising:an internal inflation means that is positionable within the aorta of the patient;an external inflation means that is positionable outside of the patient;a blood communication means for coupling the internal and external inflation means, allowing blood within the aorta to communicate with the external inflation means; andfurther comprising a pressurization means for pressurizing and depressurizing the internal and external inflation means, the internal and external inflation means alternately pumping and sucking blood to and from the other arteries, respectively, when the internal inflation means is positioned within the aorta of a patient, thus acting cooperatively to enhance the blood-pumping action of a diseased human heart.