US 12,186,510 B2
Temporary interatrial shunts
Gad Keren, Kiryat Ono (IL)
Assigned to The Medical Research, Infrastructure and Health Services Fund of the Tel-Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv (IL); and V-Wave Ltd., Caesarea (IL)
Filed by The Medical Research, Infrastructure And Health Services Fund Of The Tel-Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv (IL); and V-Wave Ltd., Caesarea (IL)
Filed on Mar. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/192,612.
Application 17/192,612 is a division of application No. 15/570,752, granted, now 10,940,296, previously published as PCT/IB2016/052561, filed on May 5, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/158,022, filed on May 7, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0187258 A1, Jun. 24, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61M 27/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/11 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61M 25/09 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 27/002 (2013.01) [A61B 17/11 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00243 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1107 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1139 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9511 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0059 (2013.01); A61M 25/09 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3344 (2013.01); A61M 2210/125 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
placing a shunt across an aperture in an atrial septum of a subject, such that one or more retrieval elements extend from a proximal portion of the shunt to a catheter;
transitioning the shunt from a collapsed delivery state to an expanded deployed state such that an intermediate portion of the shunt is positioned in the aperture in the atrial septum; and
subsequently, using the one or more retrieval elements, collapsing the shunt,
wherein the one or more retrieval elements remain coupled to the shunt throughout the time the shunt is placed inside the subject.