Training appliance for a muscle
CA 2093822 A1 · Owner: Tilmans, Maurice Hubertus Josephina · Inventors: Tilmans, Maurice Hubertus Josephina
Overview
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Implantable training appliance for a muscle which is present for, supporting the heart muscle having a first chamber (3) which is, filled with a gaseous and/or a liquid medium has elastically, deformable walls (4), and is surrounded by the muscle to be trained, and is connected to a second chamber (10 11) which is, connected to the first chamber and has means which exert a counterpressure on a medium flowing into said chamber (10 11). Through the, periodic stimulation of the muscle surrounding the first chamber (3), to and fro flowing of the medium between the two chambers is achieved by repeatedly compressing the first chamber (3). After sufficient muscle training the chambers are removed …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed October 2, 1991. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 2, 2011.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by October 2, 2013.
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