Method and apparatus for assisting a heart to pump blood by applying substantially uniform pressure to the ventricles
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Oct 26, 1999
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Oct 17, 1997
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Oct 18, 1996
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An apparatus and method for assisting a heart to pump blood includes a housing that defines an internal chamber for receiving a heart. The housing has a first opening to supply fluid to the internal chamber of the housing. Uniform pressure is applied to at least a majority portion of an exterior ventricular surface of a heart that is placed within the internal chamber so that the heart is substantially uniformly deformed to simulate a systolic phase.
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