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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2012
David Celermajer, Vaucluse, AU;
Edward Mcnamara, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Michael W. Sutherland, Pelham, NH (US);
Hiroatsu Sugimoto, Cambridge, MA (US);
David Celermajer, Vaucluse, AU;
Edward McNamara, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Michael W. Sutherland, Pelham, NH (US);
Hiroatsu Sugimoto, Cambridge, MA (US);
DC Devices, Inc., Tewksbury, MA (US);
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.