Patent ID: 7850592

Claim:
A device for at least one of epicardial support and assuming of cardiac activity, comprising: a double membrane formed of an elastic inner membrane and a non-expandable outer membrane with a closed cavity being formed therebetween which is inflatable and deflatable by means of a fluid, the closed cavity having a first chamber which is allocatable, in use, to a patient's right ventricle and a second chamber which is allocatable, in use, to a patient's left ventricle, the chambers being separated by a dividing wall; wherein the first chamber and the second chamber are connected to one another by means of at least one valve in the dividing wall separating the two chambers, wherein a fluid tube for fluidically inflating and deflating said chambers is connected to said first chamber and wherein inflation and deflation of the second chamber is controlled by said at least one valve, wherein the fluid tube is connected only to the first chamber, wherein the at least one valve selectively fluidly connects the two chambers, wherein the device is operable in first and second modes, wherein in the first mode the at least one valve is controlled open and both chambers are configured for inflation and deflation through the fluid tube, and wherein in the second mode the at least one valve is controlled closed and only the first chamber is configured for inflation and deflation through the fluid tube while the second chamber is isolated.