Cardiac assist system and method thereof

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A - Human Necessities

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A61M 1/12 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2349630

A cardiac assist system (10) includes a sensor (12) that is operative to sense the electrical activity of a patient's heart. The sensed electrical activity is processed by a controller (11) to determine the onset of ventricular contraction. A compressive force from a ventricular assist device (17) is applied to the ventricles during at least a portion of the heart's ventricular contraction. The cardiac assist system also includes an electrical stimulating system (14, 15). Thus, in the event the heart begins to fibrillate, the electrical stimulating system is actuated to apply stimulating pulses to the heart.

L'invention concerne un système d'assistance cardiaque, comprenant un capteur qui fonctionne de façon à détecter l'activité électrique du coeur d'un patient. L'activité électrique détectée est traitée de manière à déterminer les premiers signes d'une contraction ventriculaire. Une force de compression provenant du dispositif d'assistance cardiaque est appliquée au ventricule, pendant au moins une partie de la contraction ventriculaire. Le système d'assistance cardiaque comprend également un système de stimulation électrique. Ainsi, en cas fibrillation du coeur, le système de stimulation électrique est actionné de façon à appliquer des impulsions au coeur.

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