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Device and method for controlling in-vivo pressure

  • US 10,463,490 B2
  • Filed: 08/03/2017
  • Issued: 11/05/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device for treating a heart condition in a patient, the device comprising:

  • a first annular structure comprising a first plurality of support arms;

    a second annular structure comprising a second plurality of support arms, at least one of the second plurality of support arms comprising a distal end adapted to be, when deployed, substantially parallel with a septal wall of the patient'"'"'s atrial septum and to contact the septal wall, wherein the at least one of the second plurality of support arms includes a first curved section that extends into the patient'"'"'s atrium so as to define a space between the at least one of the second plurality of support arms and the septal wall when deployed and a second curved section that extends from the first curved section toward the septal wall and the distal end of the at least one of the second plurality of support arms; and

    a shunt coupled to the first and second annular structures, the shunt defining a continuous opening in the atrial septum to permit passage of blood through the atrial septum via the shunt.

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