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has filed a patent application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) covering numerous claims for the utilization of electro-active polymers and shape-memory nitinol in combination or on a stand alone basis to control, with electro-magnetic energy on demand, the shape and length of the impeller blade(s) within its aortic stent based circulatory assist pump. ...
Aortix harnesses fluid entrainment to pump blood and increase total aortic velocity and flow without the need for a valve. Aortix disrupts the harmful cardiorenal cycle in two ways: above the pump, it rests the heart by reducing afterload, resulting in increased cardiac output and decreased cardiac work; and downstream, it provides increased blood ...