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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2003
Applicants:
Patrick M. Mccarthy, Hunting Valley, OH (US);
Rodolfo C. Quijano Quijano, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Inventors:
Patrick M. McCarthy, Hunting Valley, OH (US);
Rodolfo C. Quijano Quijano, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
3F Therapeutics, Inc., Lake Forest, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of protecting an upper body and a lower body of a patient from high venous pressures comprising implanting a first stented valve at the superior vena cava and a second stented valve at the inferior vena cava, wherein the first and second valves are configured to permit blood flow towards a right atrium of the patient and prevent blood flow in an opposite direction.