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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2020
Applicant:
Troy Thornton, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Troy Thornton, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert Laduca, Bonny Doon, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61B 17/12 (2006.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61M 60/135 (2021.01); A61M 60/33 (2021.01); A61M 60/857 (2021.01); A61M 60/295 (2021.01); A61M 60/894 (2021.01); A61M 60/139 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/2475 (2013.01); A61B 17/12109 (2013.01); A61B 17/12136 (2013.01); A61F 2/2418 (2013.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61M 60/135 (2021.01); A61M 60/139 (2021.01); A61M 60/295 (2021.01); A61M 60/33 (2021.01); A61M 60/857 (2021.01); A61M 60/894 (2021.01); A61F 2250/001 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for pumping blood within a blood vessel are described. The methods and apparatuses can be used for renal decongestion by pumping blood through the kidney(s), thereby increasing a pressure gradient across the kidney(s). The apparatuses can include one or more inflatable elements that can be repeatedly inflated and deflated to cause a pumping action within the blood vessel. In some embodiments, the one or more inflatable elements are positioned within one or more stents.