US 11,937,795 B2
Techniques for providing a replacement valve and transseptal communication
Ilia Hariton, Zichron Yaackov (IL); Tal Reich, Moshav Moledet (IL); and Paul Kaye, Modiin (IL)
Assigned to CARDIOVALVE LTD., Or Yehuda (IL)
Filed by CARDIOVALVE LTD., Or Yehuda (IL)
Filed on Mar. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/683,875.
Application 17/683,875 is a continuation of application No. 16/738,516, filed on Jan. 9, 2020, granted, now 11,298,117.
Application 16/738,516 is a continuation of application No. 15/433,547, filed on Feb. 15, 2017, granted, now 10,531,866, issued on Jan. 14, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/295,701, filed on Feb. 16, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0049163 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61M 27/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0057 (2013.01) [A61F 2/2427 (2013.01); A61M 27/002 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00247 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00575 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00592 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00597 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00606 (2013.01); A61F 2/2412 (2013.01); A61F 2/2436 (2013.01); A61F 2002/249 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0057 (2013.01); A61M 2210/125 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
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1. A method for use with a heart of a subject, the method comprising:
during a medical procedure, making a transseptal fenestration at a septum of the heart and implanting a shunt into the transseptal fenestration;
during the same medical procedure, making a transapical puncture into a left ventricle of the heart;
delivering a prosthetic valve via the transapical puncture and implanting the prosthetic valve at a mitral valve of the heart; and
subsequently to delivering the prosthetic valve and making the transseptal fenestration, closing the transapical puncture,
wherein making the transseptal fenestration comprises making a fenestration in an interventricular septum of the heart.