Patent ID: 7029433

Claim:
A ventricular assist device for use by a physician for treating a patient with a diseased heart, the device comprising: at least one linear flow blood pump for fluid connection between an artery and a vein of the patient, said linear flow blood pump having an electronic receiving means for receiving an operating motor current; a pacemaker implantable in a patient for sending electrical pulses to the patient's heart; a monitor suitably fixable in or on the patient for measuring clinical signals from the heart in response to said electrical pulses sent by said pacemaker; at least one attachment including a magnetic induction means for measuring a clinical signal from at least one other organ of the patient across the skin of the patient; and a control means in electrical communication with said linear flow blood pump, said pacemaker and said monitor and including an input means for entering a command, said control means simultaneously controlling said operating motor current of said linear flow blood pump and at least one of a pulse rate and voltage of said electrical pulses sent by said pacemaker based on said entered command and said clinical signals measured by said monitor.