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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7850729 | Deforming jacket for a heart actuation device The invention consists of a cushioned active cyclically deforming cushion or jacket (39) that surrounds the outer or epicardial surface of at least one chamber (2, 3, 4, 5) of the natural heart, including its base, configured so that internal component... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7172551 | Cyclical pressure coronary assist pump An intravascular pump, which may be a left ventricle assist device, comprising a wall defining a pumping chamber, the wall support by struts, the struts attached to or part of an actuation system to move the wall from an expanded position to a contracted position an... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7144365 | Implantable heart assist system and method of applying same An extracardiac pumping for supplementing the circulation of blood, including the cardiac output, in a patient without any component thereof being connected to the patient's heart, and method of using same. One embodiment of the extracardiac system comprises a pump ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7125376 | Implantable heart assist system and method of applying same An extracardiac pumping for supplementing the circulation of blood, including the cardiac output, in a patient without any component thereof being connected to the patient's heart, and methods of using same. One embodiment of the intravascular extracardiac system co... | 10/24/2006 |
| 6988982 | Heart wall actuation system for the natural heart with shape limiting elements An actuation system for assisting the operation of the natural heart includes an actuator element adapted to be positioned proximate a portion of a heart wall. The actuator element is operable for acting on the heart wall portion to effect a change in the shape of t... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6949065 | Left ventricular assist system A fully implantable left ventricular assist system comprising a pumping means connectable via adapter elements to the ventricle includes two compressible chambers in the form of sacs (5, 5′) and a compressing means (4) to alternatingly fill and disch... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6863648 | Balloon pump system having a pressure reservoir muffler A vacuum reservoir, for use with an intra-aortic balloon pump or other system, containing a muffling means having a honeycomb-like cell structure or other flow straightening structure. ... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6846296 | Apparatus and method for detachably securing a device to a natural heart Methods and apparatus are disclosed for attaching cardiac devices onto a natural heart by employing arrays of gripping elements, such as hooks or barbs. The gripping elements are designed to penetrate and lodge themselves in the epicardial tissue in order to secure ... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6770024 | Implantable counterpulsation cardiac assist device A hollow tubular element is inserted in the descending aorta. The caudad end contains a pressure sensitive passive or preferably, hydraulically or electrically activated, unidirectional valve. A flexible diaphragm situated in a rigid shell affixed over an opening in... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6669726 | Orthotopic total artificial heart An orthotopic total artificial heart for replacing the human heart comprising a new design of two assembled blood chambers with an original layout between themselves and between their inlet and outlet ports. Such design enables a significantly better spac... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6547753 | Pulsatile flow generation in heart-lung machines Pulsatile blood flow in a heart-lung machine is accomplished by pumping blood into a bladder at a constant rate, and cyclically emptying the bladder into aortic line of the heart-lung machine either by means of the bladder's own elasticity or by a mechani... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6488706 | Device for plugging an opening such as in a wall of a hollow or tubular organ An implant for occluding a passage in a circulatory system is provided. The implant in one form includes a plurality of thin wire-like members each having a proximal and a distal end and a first holder to which the distal ends of the members are attached.... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6468200 | Segmented peristaltic intra-aortic balloon pump An intra-aortic blood pump (IABP) includes a multiple-chamber balloon disposed at the distal portion of a catheter. The chambers are inflated sequentially beginning with the most distal, i.e., the chamber closest to the aortic root. This advances the bloo... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6344022 | Right ventricular bypass devices and methods of their use during heart surgery During coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery in cases when cardio-pulmonary bypass is not used, at times when the heart is manipulated or lifted the inflow to the right ventricle may be kinked and obstructed. Then flow across the lungs will decre... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6102845 | Ventricular assist device with minimal blood contacting surfaces A ventricular assist device includes a pair of valved conduits and a pumping portion connected by these conduits into the circulatory system of a host patient. The pumping portion and valved conduits are constructed and configured to minimize the number o... | 08/15/2000 |
| 5971910 | Method and apparatus for assisting a heart to pump blood by applying substantially uniform pressure to the ventricles 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 a... | 10/26/1999 |
| 4902273 | Heart assist device Improved heart assist devices are disclosed. An improved heart assist device includes a catheter having a first lumen and a second lumen. An inflatable intraventricular balloon is located at the distal end of the catheter. The interior of the intraventric... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4813965 | Brazed porous coating and improved method of joining metal with silver material Pieces of metal are joined with silver material in a two-stage heating process. In one application, a brazed porous coating of metal particles on a metal substrate of a device is formed by interposing a silver material between the substrate and the partic... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4581029 | Blood pump The present invention relates to an artificial heart which comprises a housing, a brim forming a cover of the said housing, a blood introduction pipe and a blood discharge pipe which are incorporated as one piece with the said brim, a blood introduction v... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4573997 | Right ventricular assist device A right ventricular assist device for assisting the circulation of the blood includes a smooth segmented polyurethane sac having a single valveless passageway to provide a single inlet and outlet. A rigid ellipsoidal shell surrounds the sac and has a firs... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4468177 | Diaphragm pump arrangement in which alternately expanded and contracted chambers are used independently A pump has a housing that is divided into two chambers by an element that is driven in a push-pull manner so that the volumes of each of the two chambers are alternately enlarged and reduced. Both chambers are in the path of fluid through the pump. The ch... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4458366 | Artificial implantable blood pump Implantable artificial blood pumps are described. The blood-contacting surfaces have pores therein which communicate with a subsurface of interconnected pores. This structure induces tissue formation thereon and avoidance of the incidence of thromboemboli... | 07/10/1984 |
