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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
May. 15, 2020
V-wave Ltd., Caesarea, IL;
Neal Eigler, Agoura Hills, CA (US);
Nir Nae, Binhamina, IL;
Nathan Bukhdruker, Haifa, IL;
James S. Whiting, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Lior Rosen, Or Akiva, IL;
Erez Rozenfeld, Shoham, IL;
Werner Hafelfinger, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
V-Wave Ltd., Caesarea, IL;
Abstract
Devices are provided with an internal dimension that can be reduced and increased in vivo. In one example, an interatrial shunt for placement at an atrial septum of a patient's heart includes a body. The body includes first and second regions coupled in fluid communication by a neck region. The body includes a shape-memory material. The body defines a passageway through the neck region for blood to flow between a first atrium and a second atrium. The first and second regions are superelastic at body temperature, and the neck region is malleable at body temperature. A flow area of the passageway through the neck region may be adjusted in vivo.