Abstract: A device to assist the performance of a heart with at least one pump that is formed as a rotary pump and magnetically driven.

Abstract: In a blood pump for supporting cardiac performance, including a stent-like housing which has a first axial end and a second axial end, a pump rotor mounted rotatably in the housing, in particular an impellor, and a flexible drive shaft, which can be coupled to a motor in order to drive the pump rotor to rotate, whereby blood is sucked in on an intake side of the pump rotor through an intake tube of the blood pump and is ejected on a discharge side of the pump rotor, the blood pump has a flow directing means arranged downstream of the pump rotor in order to selectively direct the blood conveyed by the pump rotor to the first or to the second axial end of the housing while maintaining the direction of rotation of the pump rotor.

Abstract: The invention relates to an implant for improving coaptation of an atrioventricular valve in a heart, the atrioventricular valve having a native first leaflet, a native second leaflet and optionally an annulus adjacent a wall of an atrium of the heart, the implant comprising a support structure configured to be arranged on and fixed to the annulus or to at least one of the first and second native leaflets, the implant further comprising retention means fixed to the support structure so as to prevent prolapse of the at least one native leaflet, whereby the support structure comprises a resting element that is configured to rest against the wall of the atrium adjacent the valve.

Abstract: A device to assist the performance of a heart with at least one pump that is formed as a rotary pump and magnetically driven.

Abstract: In a blood pump for supporting cardiac performance, including a stent-like housing which has a first axial end and a second axial end, a pump rotor mounted rotatably in the housing, in particular an impellor, and a flexible drive shaft, which can be coupled to a motor in order to drive the pump rotor to rotate, whereby blood is sucked in on an intake side of the pump rotor through an intake tube of the blood pump and is ejected on a discharge side of the pump rotor, the blood pump has a flow directing means arranged downstream of the pump rotor in order to selectively direct the blood conveyed by the pump rotor to the first or to the second axial end of the housing while maintaining the direction of rotation of the pump rotor.

Abstract: A device to assist the performance of a heart with at least one pump that is formed as a rotary pump and magnetically driven.

Abstract: A device to assist the performance of a heart with at least one pump that is formed as a rotary pump and driven via a magneto coupling.

Abstract: A device to assist the performance of a heart with at least one pump that is formed as a rotary pump and magnetically driven.

Abstract: A device to assist the performance of a heart with at least one pump that is formed as a rotary pump and magnetically driven.

Abstract: A device to assist the performance of a heart with at least one pump that is formed as a rotary pump and magnetically driven.

Abstract: A device to assist the performance of a heart with at least one pump that is formed as a rotary pump and magnetically driven.

Abstract: A device to assist the performance of a heart with at least one pump that is formed as a rotary pump and magnetically driven.

Abstract: Implant for improving coaptation of an atrioventricular valve in a human heart, the atrioventricular valve having a first and a second native leaflet, an anterolateral and posteromedial commissure between the first and the second native leaflet, and an annulus adjacent a wall of an atrium of the heart. The implant including a frame that includes a middle frame section that frames and supports an artificial central leaflet. The artificial central leaflet is configured to cover a middle region of the first native leaflet. The middle frame section includes a bend formed between a first region of the artificial central leaflet and a second region of the artificial central leaflet that forms a coaptation plane for coaptation with the second native leaflet. The frame further including two side frame sections extending at opposite sides of the middle frame section and configured to contact side regions of the first native leaflet.

Abstract: A device to assist the performance of a heart with at least one pump that is formed as a rotary pump and driven via a magneto coupling.

Abstract: A device to assist the performance of a heart with at least one pump that is formed as a rotary pump and driven via a magneto coupling.

Abstract: A device to assist the performance of a heart with at least one pump that is formed as a rotary pump and driven via a magneto coupling.

Abstract: A device to assist the performance of a heart with at least one pump that is formed as a rotary pump and driven via a magneto coupling.

Abstract: Some systems and methods for treating heart tissue may include instruments for intermittently occluding the coronary sinus using a coronary sinus occlusion catheter device. In some embodiments, the coronary sinus occlusion catheter can be used before or during a coronary intervention procedure in which a blockage in a heart is repaired or removed.

Abstract: A system includes a coronary sinus occlusion device operable to occlude at least a portion of a coronary sinus of a heart of a patient, and a control system that activates the coronary sinus occlusion device and generates a user prompt on a user interface to terminate a coronary sinus occlusion treatment in response to a detected condition.

Abstract: Some systems and methods for treating heart tissue may include instruments for intermittently occluding the coronary sinus using a coronary sinus occlusion catheter device. In some embodiments, the coronary sinus occlusion catheter can be used before or during a coronary intervention procedure in which a blockage in a heart is repaired or removed.