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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2013
Applicant:
Hiroatsu Sugimoto, Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventor:
Hiroatsu Sugimoto, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
DC Devices, Inc., Tewksbury, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 27/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 27/002 (2013.01); A61F 2/2493 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present teachings provide a device and method of making and using thereof. Specifically, one aspect of the present teachings provides a device comprising a shunt having a distal end and a proximal end and the shunt positionable across the septum of a heart. Certain embodiments of the present teachings also include a distal anchoring portion connecting to the distal end of the shunt portion and a proximal anchoring portion connecting to the proximal end of the shunt portion. Another aspect of the present teachings provide methods of using thereof to modify the pressure difference in a heart chamber.