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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2022
Applicant:
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 27/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61F 2/86 (2013.01); A61M 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 27/002 (2013.01); A61B 18/14 (2013.01); A61F 2/86 (2013.01); A61M 29/00 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00601 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1412 (2013.01); A61M 2210/125 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of shunting blood involves accessing a left atrium of a heart with a surgical instrument, advancing the surgical instrument into a pulmonary vein fluidly coupled to the left atrium, forming an opening in a wall portion of the pulmonary vein, and shunting blood from the pulmonary vein into a right-side structure of the heart through the opening in the wall portion of the pulmonary vein.
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Shang, Hao. (2026). Pulmonary vein shunting (U.S. Patent No. 12527942). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12527942
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