Patent ID: 8721515

Claim:
An implantable aortic blood pump comprising: a rigid body configured to be secured to a subject's aorta with an inner surface concave in both longitudinal and transverse directions, said body having a wall extending along a long axis and defining an inflation port portion with an inflation aperture therethrough, the aperture in fluid communication with an inner surface of said body and a fluid supply, said body being independent of a brace or a stiffener, said rigid body having a cantilevered deformation of less than 7 percent the length of said long axis in response to a 200gram weight suspended from a front edge of the long axis; a deflecting membrane secured to said body and deflecting in response to fluid communication to pump blood when the pump is secured to the subject's aorta, said deflecting membrane deflecting in excess of 100 million inflation/deflation cycles when secured to the subject's aorta.