mechanically acting upon the outside of the patient’s native heart, e.g. compressive structures placed around the heart

Full Title

Blood pumps; Devices for mechanical circulatory actuation; Balloon pumps for circulatory assistance > Location thereof with respect to the patient’s body > Implantable pumps or pumping devices, i.e. the blood being pumped inside the patient’s body > implantable in, on, or around the heart > mechanically acting upon the outside of the patient’s native heart, e.g. compressive structures placed around the heart

Classification Context

Section:

HUMAN NECESSITIES

Class:

MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE

Subclass:

DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR