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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2023
Filed:
May. 20, 2019
Applicant:
Corvia Medical, Inc., Tewksbury, MA (US);
Inventors:
David S. Celermajer, Vaucluse, AU;
Edward I. McNamara, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Michael W. Sutherland, Pelham, NH (US);
Hiroatsu Sugimoto, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Corvia Medical, Inc., Tewksbury, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/3205 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61M 27/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61M 29/02 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61N 7/02 (2006.01); A61B 6/12 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 18/04 (2006.01); A61B 18/24 (2006.01); A61M 25/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0057 (2013.01); A61B 17/02 (2013.01); A61B 17/32 (2013.01); A61B 17/320016 (2013.01); A61B 17/32053 (2013.01); A61B 17/3478 (2013.01); A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61F 2/2412 (2013.01); A61F 2/2442 (2013.01); A61F 2/2475 (2013.01); A61M 25/0068 (2013.01); A61M 25/0662 (2013.01); A61M 25/1002 (2013.01); A61M 27/002 (2013.01); A61M 29/02 (2013.01); A61B 6/12 (2013.01); A61B 6/503 (2013.01); A61B 8/0841 (2013.01); A61B 8/0883 (2013.01); A61B 17/32002 (2013.01); A61B 18/24 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00247 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00252 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00575 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00592 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00606 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00867 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0237 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22044 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320004 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320008 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320064 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3488 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0022 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00351 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/046 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1467 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0039 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0681 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09008 (2013.01); A61M 2025/105 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1086 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1088 (2013.01); A61N 7/022 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a method and a device for treating heart failure by normalizing elevated blood pressure in the left and right atria of a heart of a mammal. The present disclosure includes methods for creating and maintaining an opening in the atrial septum. Tools for making an opening and enlarging the opening are also disclosed. Use of the techniques and tools described herein prolongs the patency of an intra-atrial pressure relief opening.