Patent ID: 8231518

Claim:
An electromagnetic biventricular assist device adapted to assist ventricular output in a human heart, comprising: a magnetic mat adapted for mounting inside a human body adjacent the heart so as to be in a uniform apposition with the heart, said mat being made from a material responsive to application of a first electromagnetic field so as to be movable from a neutral position towards the heart and into compressive relation with the heart in response to application of the first electromagnetic field thereto, and responsive to application of a second electromagnetic field that is opposite the first electromagnetic field so as to be movable from the neutral position in a direction away from the heart; and an electromagnetic assembly adapted for mounting on the human body in functionally cooperative relation with respect to said mat, and for alternately generating the first electromagnetic field and the second electromagnetic field so that said mat alternately moves into said compressive relation with the heart and away from the heart so as to create suction and negative pressure between the heart and the mat to expand ventricles in the heart and augment filling of the ventricles; and a control circuit constructed and arranged to control when the first and second electromagnetic fields are generated by said electromagnetic assembly.