Patent ID: 6280377
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A treatment system for treating heart disease in a mammal having a coronary system including a heart, an ascending aorta, baroreceptors, a descending aorta, a renal system including renal arteries, and a physiological feedback system controlling the heart, the treatment system comprising:a step-down pump adapted for the ascending aorta, having a passageway from an inlet having an inlet end to an outlet having an outlet end, the inlet end receiving blood flow at a first rate, the pump being configured to provide blood flow through the outlet end at a second rate, slower than the first rate, and adapted for the coronary system to regulate at least one of blood pressure and blood flow through the coronary system to affect the physiological feedback system so as to reduce heart congestion; anda second pump adapted for the decending aorta to regulate flow through the descending aorta.