Peters, William S.,Parkin, Rodney G.,Rosa, David,Lafontaine, Daniel M.,Abraham, William T.,Sun, Benjamin
申请号:
AU2015202686
公开号:
AU2015202686A1
申请日:
2015.05.19
申请国别(地区):
AU
年份:
2015
代理人:
摘要:
#$%^&*AU2015202686A120150604.pdf#####COMBINATION HEART ASSIST SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES ABSTRACT An implantable mechanical heart assist system for coupling with a previously implanted electrical therapy device (44), the mechanical heart assist system comprising: (a) an implantable pulsatile heart assist device (42) (b) a drive line (48) operably coupled to the implantable pulsatile heart assist device (42) (c) a controller (46) operably coupled to the drive line (48), the controller (46) configured to receive pacing signals from the previously implanted electrical therapy device (44) and actuate the mechanical heart assist device (42) based on the pacing signals and (d) an electrical connector lead (50) operably coupled at a first end to the controller (46), the electrical connector (50) comprising a connector (60) at a second end, the connector (60) being configured to be operably coupleable to the previously implanted electrical therapy device (44), wherein the electrical connector lead (50) is configured to be capable of transferring the pacing signal from the previously implanted electrical therapy device (44) to the controller (46).