Method of treating a living organism to achieve a heart load reduction, and apparatus for carrying out the method

Patent 6832982 Issued on December 21, 2004. Estimated Expiration Date:

August 14, 2020. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Coral Licensing International Ltd.

Application

No. 10069333 filed on 08/14/2000

US Classes:

600/16, CARDIAC AUGMENTATION (PULSATORS, ETC.)600/384Attached to one of the body`s extremities

Examiners

Primary: Jastrzab, Jeffrey R.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP

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International Class

A61N 1365

Abstract

An apparatus and method for treating a mammal or other living organism having a heart and a peripheral vascular system to achieve a heart load reduction, said organism having a pulse rate and a systolic pressure resulting from the action of the heart, the method and apparatus involving the steps of measuring the heart rhythm, producing pressure pulsations in the peripheral vascular system by a non-invasive or invasive method in synchronization with the heart rhythm in the counterpulsation mode and varying at least one parameter of an input system generating said pressure pulsations to produce an optimised reduction in at least one of said pulse rate and said systolic pressure and hereby a net reduction in said heart load, said heart load being a function of said pulse rate and said systolic pressure.

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