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Vascular elastance

  • US 10,617,538 B2
  • Filed: 05/30/2018
  • Issued: 04/14/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of treating pulmonary hypertension, the method comprising:

  • anchoring a balloon within a pulmonary artery using an interface coupled to the balloon such that the balloon is suspended within a lumen of the pulmonary artery, wherein anchoring the balloon comprises expanding the interface upon deployment to intimately contact an inner wall of the pulmonary artery, andwherein the balloon compresses under a positive differential pressure in the pulmonary artery such that blood flows between an outer surface of the balloon and the inner wall of the pulmonary artery and expands under a negative differential pressure in the pulmonary artery such that blood flows between the outer surface of the balloon and the inner wall of the pulmonary artery.

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