A physiological augmentation device for improving heart function includes an actuator configured to augment displacement of an atrioventricular plane of a heart. A method for improving heart function and a transcatheter method for improving heart function are also disclosed.

A physiological augmentation device for improving heart function includes an actuator configured to augment displacement of an atrioventricular plane of a heart. A method for improving heart function and a transcatheter method for improving heart function are also disclosed.

The present disclosure relates to an implantable device for improving the pump function of the heart of a human patient by applying an external force on the heart muscle. The device is provided with a first part having a first surface comprising a ceramic material, and a second part having a second surface comprising a ceramic material.

The present disclosure relates to an implantable device for improving the pump function of the heart of a human patient by applying an external force on the heart muscle. The device is provided with a first part having a first surface comprising a ceramic material, and a second part having a second surface comprising a ceramic material.

An implantable heart help method for implantation in a human patient is provided. The device comprising a fixating member adapted to fixate said device to a part of the human body comprising bone. A method of fixating an implantable heart help device in a human patient is provided. The method comprises the steps of: cutting the skin of said human patient, dissecting an area of the body comprising bone, and fixating said implantable heart help device to said part of the body comprising bone.

Embodiments described herein include a modular transcatheterly implantable medical device. The medical device includes a plurality of assemblable blood pumps. Each one of the blood pumps includes a pump unit and an electrical wire configured for the pump unit to be electrically operated through the electrical wire. The medical device also includes an anchor having a first end portion and a second end portion, and the anchor is configured to intraluminally assemble to and intraluminally unassemble from the blood pumps. The medical device also includes a catheter. The catheter is configured to be in a slidable relationship with each one of the electrical wires for intraluminally assembling the blood pumps to the anchor and for intraluminally unassembling the blood pumps from the anchor. The medical device further includes a flexible linker configured to couple the catheter and the anchor.

Embodiments described herein include a modular transcatheterly implantable medical device. The medical device includes a plurality of assemblable blood pumps. Each one of the blood pumps includes a pump unit and an electrical wire configured for the pump unit to be electrically operated through the electrical wire. The medical device also includes an anchor having a first end portion and a second end portion, and the anchor is configured to intraluminally assemble to and intraluminally unassemble from the blood pumps. The medical device also includes a catheter. The catheter is configured to be in a slidable relationship with each one of the electrical wires for intraluminally assembling the blood pumps to the anchor and for intraluminally unassembling the blood pumps from the anchor. The medical device further includes a flexible linker configured to couple the catheter and the anchor.