Methods and technology for creating connections and shunts between vessels and chambers of biologic structures

US11717429B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• NXT Biomedical, LLC · US

Inventors

• Robert S. Schwartz · Rochester, US
• Stanton J. Rowe · Laguna Beach, US
• Robert C. Taft · Munich, DE
• Glen T. Rabito · Lake Forest, US
• Alexander Siegel · Portland, US
• Joseph Passman · Brooks Road, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 19, 2019
• Grant date: Aug 8, 2023
• Expiry date: Jan 26, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2002/821
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Devices and methods of treating conditions cause or exacerbated by excessive fluid pressures or retentions, such as pulmonary hypertension, that involves shunting excessive fluid pressure from one bodily chamber or vessel to another bodily chamber or vessel.