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US 12,478,773 · App. 18/586,464 · Granted Nov 25, 2025

Dynamic drive system for cardiac systolic and diastolic assist

Inventor: Mark P. Anstadt (Kettering, OH)
Assignee: Lifebridge Technologies LLC
A61M60/191A61M39/22A61M60/289A61M60/205A61M60/247A61M60/531A61M2205/10A61M2205/3331
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,478,773
App. No.
18/586,464
Filed
Feb 24, 2024
Granted
Nov 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3796
USPC
600/160
Abstract

A system and method for assisting a heart in pumping blood, wherein the heart has external force requirements that need to be externally applied to the heart using a cardiac assist device that is powered by a drive fluid. The cardiac assist device is powered by a drive fluid having a pressure/flow profile that is customized to the needs of the heart. The pressure/flow profile is generated by a displacement pump. If the pressure/flow profile requires pressures that cannot be made by the displacement pump, then the pressure/flow profile can be altered by venting pressure and/or adding pressurized fluid into the system. In this manner, a precise pressure/flow profile can be produced that meets the exact needs of a heart being acted upon by a cardiac assist device.

Claims (13)

1 . A system for assisting a heart in pumping blood by applying customized external forces to the heart, said system comprising:

a displacement pump that selectively moves a drive fluid;

a direct cardiac compression device powered by said drive fluid, wherein said direct cardiac compression device produces said customized external forces when said drive fluid is provided to said direct cardiac compression device with a pressure/flow profile; and

a tube that connects said displacement pump to said direct cardiac compression device, wherein said drive fluid flows through said tube;

a vent valve for selectively venting said tube;

a controller that selectively operates both said displacement pump and said vent valve to produce at least part of said pressure/flow profile in said drive fluid,

wherein said vent valve selectively vents said tube to ambient pressure as said displacement pump continues to operate.

2 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein said vent valve has a variable venting rate.

3 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein said direct cardiac compression device has strain characteristics that combine with said pressure/flow profile to produce said customized external forces when said direct cardiac compression device is powered by said drive fluid.

4 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein said pressure/flow profile has a maximum pressure, a minimum pressure, and rates of pressure change between said maximum pressure and said minimum pressure.

5 . The system according to claim 4 , wherein operation of said vent valve can selectively alter said minimum pressure, and at least one of said rates of pressure change in said pressure/flow profile.

6 . The system according to claim 1 , further including a pressurized fluid source for selectively pressurizing said drive fluid to produce at least part of said pressure/flow profile in said drive fluid.

7 . The system according to claim 1 , further including a drain line that is utilized to alter said pressure/flow profile when pressure in said drain line changes.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 15, 2024
From: LIFEBRIDGE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
To: LIFEBRIDGE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Reel/Frame 067109/0417 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 24, 2024
From: ANSTADT, MARK P.
To: LIFEBRIDGE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 066552/0954 →
Continuity (15)
Continuation In Part 18393661 · Dec 21, 2023
Continuation In Part 18530157 · Dec 5, 2023
Continuation In Part 18509260 · Nov 14, 2023
Continuation In Part 18509260 · Nov 14, 2023
Continuation In Part 18447786 · Aug 10, 2023
Continuation In Part 18447786 · Aug 10, 2023
Continuation In Part 18447786 · Aug 10, 2023
Continuation In Part 18160963 · Jan 27, 2023
Continuation In Part 18160963 · Jan 27, 2023
Continuation In Part 18150746 · Jan 5, 2023
Continuation In Part 17931853 · Sep 13, 2022
Continuation In Part 17825343 · May 26, 2022
Continuation In Part 17208776 · Mar 22, 2021
Provisional Application 63086478 · Oct 1, 2020
Related Publication 20240198079A1 · Jun 20, 2024
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