The device and method for reducing heart wall stress. The device can be one which reduces wall stress throughout the cardiac cycle or only a portion of the cardiac cycle. The device can be configured to begin to engage, to reduce wall stress during diastolic filling, or begin to engage to reduce wall...http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US20050143620?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20050143620 - Stress reduction apparatus and method
