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Defibrillating cardiac constraint
Assignee: Mardil Inc
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Filing: 2000-07-31
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Granted: 2002-04-09
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Expires: 2020-07-31
Abstract
Abstract A device for treating cardiac disease of a heart includes a jacket of flexible material defining a volume between an open upper end and a lower end. The jacket is dimensioned for an apex of the heart to be inserted into the volume through the open upper end and for the jacket to be slipped over the heart. The jacket is adapted to be secured to the heart with the jacket having portions disposed on opposite sides of the heart. The jacket is adjustable to snugly conform to an external geometry of the heart and to constrain circumferential expansion of the heart during diastole and permit substantially unimpeded contraction of the heart during systole. A first and a second grid of electrodes are carried on the jacket. The grids are disposed to be in overlying relation to individual ones of the opposite sides of the heart when the jacket is secured to the heart. The first and second grids are connectable to a source of a defibrillating waveform
Inventors
- 👤 Clifton A. Alferness
- 👤 James Edward Shapland
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 12:25
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61N; A61N1/00; A61N1/02; A61N1/04; A61N1/05; A61N1/056; A61N1/0563; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/02; A61F2/24; A61F2/2478; A61F2/2481; A61F2/0063; A61F2002/0068
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
163 words
A method for treating cardiac disease of a patient's heart, said method comprising: surgically accessing said patient's heart and diaphragm; placing a jacket around said heart, said jacket comprising a biomedical material of an open cell construction having an upper end and a lower end, said jacket adapted to be secured to said heart with said jacket having portions disposed on opposite sides of said heart between said valvular annulus and said ventricular lower extremities, a first and second electrode grid comprising conductors interwoven through open cells of said jacket material and connected to a source of a defibrillating waveform; adjusting and securing said jacket on said heart to snugly conform to said external geometry of said heart to constrain circumferential expansion of said heart during diastole and permitting unimpeded contraction of said heart during systole and with said first and second electrode grids disposed in overlying relation to said opposite sides of said heart; applying a defibrillating electrical waveform to said grids.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
163 words
A method for treating cardiac disease of a patient's heart, said method comprising: surgically accessing said patient's heart and diaphragm; placing a jacket around said heart, said jacket comprising a biomedical material of an open cell construction having an upper end and a lower end, said jacket adapted to be secured to said heart with said jacket having portions disposed on opposite sides of said heart between said valvular annulus and said ventricular lower extremities, a first and second electrode grid comprising conductors interwoven through open cells of said jacket material and connected to a source of a defibrillating waveform; adjusting and securing said jacket on said heart to snugly conform to said external geometry of said heart to constrain circumferential expansion of said heart during diastole and permitting unimpeded contraction of said heart during systole and with said first and second electrode grids disposed in overlying relation to said opposite sides of said heart; applying a defibrillating electrical waveform to said grids.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
A method according to claim 1 wherein said conductors extend in a line substantially parallel to said longitudinal axis.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
A method according to claim 1 wherein said conductors of one of said grids are evenly spaced apart.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
37 words
A method according to claim 1 further comprising a step of gathering excess amounts of said material following placement of said jacket over said heart to snugly conform said material to said external geometry of said heart.
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