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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2016
Applicant:
Rox Medical, Inc., San Clemente, CA (US);
Inventor:
Rodney A. Brenneman, San Juan Capistrano, CA (US);
Assignee:
ROX Medical, Inc., San Clemente, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/11 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/11 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00862 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1107 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1139 (2013.01);
Abstract
A shunt rivet for implantation in the aorta and inferior vena cava to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and a method of treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The shunt rivet may be formed to have a central section, a proximal clinch section, and a distal clinch section each having one or more clinch members. These one or more clinch members may be trained to be resiliently biased to bend radially outwardly from the central section.