Patents
- Beating heart Model for Training of Coronary Artery
Surgery, US Patent 5947744
- The Chamberlain Group: Electrical Beating Heart Model.
US Patent (pending) 20020061503
- A Pulsatile flow system for cardiovascular device
testing, US Patent 6058958
- Mechanism for controlling Pulsatile Fluid Flow, US
Patent 3639084
- Pulsatile flow delivery apparatus, US Patent 4976593
- Infinitely variable Pneumatic Pulsatile Pump, US Patent
5924448
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