Divulgation d'invention   :    Le 1/12/2008 à Rueil Malmaison

IMPLANTABLE PERMANENT

 CARDIAC ASSISTANCE

WITH OR WITHOUT ENERGY INTAKE

CALLED « ADDITIONNAL HEART »

Implantable without cardiopulmonary bypass.

Subcutaneous or not.

With or without anti-return valve.

Electromagnetic, pneumatic, hydraulic, with permanent magnet and with controlled elasticity.

The elasticity of the membrane brings a complement of blood flow without any energy intake.

The electromagnet or the permanent magnets put on each side of the pocket bring an important complement of blood flow.

The rigid cockle allows having a complementary blood flow due to the air compression between the supple part and the rigid one.

It is possible to adjust the elasticity with variable thicknesses and different shapes of the membrane.

Important :

The blood flow is proportional to the patient’s effort because it works on counter pulsation or in automatism of counter pulsation without energy intake. 

The system in derivation described above can be implanted directly on the aorta.

A simulator can be seen in our laboratory to demonstrate the efficiency of this method.

Inventor’s words:

Mr. Barbieri, researcher in various fields and present since 20 years on the artificial heart project in collaboration with eminent cardiac surgeons, designed a new independent system implantable without energy.

« Indeed, an implantable artificial heart presents a traumatism hardly endurable by the patient. It does not only present implantation difficulties but it is also constantly fed by the exterior. The implantable permanent cardiac assistance leaves the native heart at its place. First of all, it can be actuated by the exterior and then has to work by an autonomous way. It also avoids to wait for an uncertain heart donor. »

                                                                                     Galdino Barbieri