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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2021
Shifamed Holdings, Llc, Campbell, CA (US);
Miles Alexander, Fremont, CA (US);
Peter Andriola, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Brian Fahey, Menlo Park, CA (US);
William Jason Fox, San Mateo, CA (US);
Anthony Pantages, San Jose, CA (US);
Scott Robertson, Portland, OR (US);
Jace Valls, San Jose, CA (US);
Shifamed Holdings, LLC, Campbell, CA (US);
Abstract
The present technology includes systems and methods for invasively adjusting implantable devices for selectively controlling fluid flow between a first body region and a second body region of a patient. For example, in many of the embodiments described herein, a catheter can be used to mechanically and/or electrically engage an implanted medical device. Once the catheter engages the medical device, the catheter can (i) increase a dimension associated with the medical device, such as through mechanical expansion forces, and/or (ii) decrease a dimension associated with the medical device, such as by heating a shape memory component of the medical device above a phase transition temperature.