Patents Assigned to NeoCardial Technologies, LLC
  • Pneumatic or hydraulic cardiac assist devices
    Patent number: 11253365
    Abstract: The embodiments relate to cardiac assist devices that comprise a jacket that wraps the exterior of the heart, where the jacket comprises one or more pneumatic or hydraulic bladders. The pneumatic or hydraulic bladders are linked to a pump, and the pump fills the bladders with fluid and withdraws the fluid in a cycle to match beats of the heart to assist contraction and pumping of the heart in systole or to assist expansion and filling of the heart in diastole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: NeoCardial Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Theodore J. Lillehei, Allan R. Robinson