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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2018
Applicant:
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Andrew Khair, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Julianna Abel, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Adam Lin Choe, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Thomas O. Viker, New Brighton, MN (US);
Henry Koon, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/90 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/2487 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00243 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00592 (2013.01); A61F 2/90 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0075 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0004 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device of a shape memory material configured to implement a predetermined level of expansion while allowing contraction and twist can be implemented in a portion of a vascular system, such as in the left ventricle of the heart of a patient suffering from heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.