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US 12,458,791 · App. 17/434,789 · Granted Nov 4, 2025

Heart assist device

Inventor: Daniël Immanuel Michaël van Dort (Nijmegen, NL)
Assignee: CardiacBooster B.V.
A61M60/427A61M60/17A61M60/268A61M60/295A61M60/843A61M60/865A61M2205/0216A61M2205/0266
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Patent No.
US 12,458,791
App. No.
17/434,789
Granted
Nov 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device ( 2 ) for providing circulatory assistance is provided and comprises a balloon ( 4 ) comprising a membrane defining a cavity having an internal volume (Vc), wherein the balloon comprises a proximal portion ( 4 a ) comprising a proximal end and a distal portion ( 4 b ) comprising a distal end. The device ( 2 ) further comprises a first catheter, affixed to the distal end of the balloon ( 4 ) at a first fixation point (P 1 ) and a second catheter ( 8 ), affixed to the proximal end of the balloon at a second fixation point (P 2 ). The second catheter ( 8 ) is configured for axial movement with respect to the first catheter or guide wire ( 6 ) between a first position in which the first and second fixation points (P 1 , P 2 ) are spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction by a first distance (Dx), which is variable to bring about inversion of the balloon.

Claims (17)

1 . A heart support device for circulatory assistance, the heart support device comprising:

a catheter or guidewire;

a receptacle having an internal volume, the receptacle extending from a rim to a closed distal end, the rim defining an open proximal end,

wherein a proximal portion of the receptacle comprises an inner wall portion and a distal portion of the receptacle comprises an outer wall portion, the inner wall portion and the outer wall portion being connected to each other at the rim to form a closed cavity between the inner and outer wall portions, wherein the outer wall portion is more rigid than the inner wall portion,

wherein the catheter or guidewire extends through the inner wall portion, and

wherein at least a portion of the inner wall portion is configured for movement in a proximal direction with respect to the outer wall portion to transition from a concave configuration to a convex configuration; and

an actuation system configured to move the inner wall portion between the concave and convex configurations to displace a fluid from the receptacle.

2 . The heart support device according to claim 1 , further comprising a support structure to hold the outer wall portion in an open configuration.

3 . The heart support device according to claim 2 , wherein the support structure is disposed within the cavity defined between the inner and outer wall portions.

4 . The heart support device according to claim 2 , wherein the support structure comprises a shape-memory material.

5 . The heart support device according to claim 1 , wherein the catheter or guidewire is fixed to the outer wall portion at a first fixation point.

6 . The heart support device according to claim 5 , further comprising a second catheter fixed to the inner wall portion at a second fixation point.

7 . The heart support device according to claim 6 , wherein the second catheter is in fluid communication with an internal volume of the cavity.

8 . The heart support device according to claim 6 , wherein the catheter or guidewire is a first catheter or guidewire, and the first catheter or guidewire and the second catheter are slidably mounted with respect to each other.

9 . The heart support device according to claim 6 , wherein the catheter or guidewire is a first catheter or guidewire, and the first catheter or guidewire and the second catheter are configured to move with respect to each other in a reciprocating motion to alternately increase and decrease a distance between the first and second fixation points.

10 . The heart support device according to claim 1 , wherein the actuation system is configured to alternately increase and decrease an internal volume of the cavity, thereby alternately decreasing and increasing the internal volume of the receptacle.

11 . The heart support device according to claim 10 , wherein the actuation system comprises a delivery system for delivering fluid to and from the cavity between the inner and outer wall portions.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 19, 2022
From: STICHTING RADBOUD UNIVERSITAIR MEDISCH CENTRUM
To: CARDIACBOOSTER BV
Reel/Frame 061473/0014 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2021
From: VAN DORT, DANIËL IMMANUEL MICHAËL
To: STICHTING RADBOUD UNIVERSITAIR MEDISCH CENTRUM
Reel/Frame 057617/0364 →
Priority Claims (1)
NL 2022660 · Mar 1, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220161017A1 · May 26, 2022
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