US 12,186,568 B2
Apparatus and methods for optimizing intra-cardiac filling pressures through controlled regurgitation
Daniel Walter Kaiser, Nashville, TN (US); and Clayton Allen Kaiser, Nashville, TN (US)
Assigned to CARDIOFLOW TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Nashville, TN (US)
Filed by CardioFlow Technologies, LLC, Nashville, TN (US)
Filed on Oct. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/493,609.
Application 17/493,609 is a continuation of application No. 16/267,247, filed on Feb. 4, 2019, granted, now 11,135,432.
Application 16/267,247 is a continuation of application No. 15/168,204, filed on May 30, 2016, granted, now 10,195,441, issued on Feb. 5, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/168,784, filed on May 30, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0096844 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61N 1/362 (2006.01); A61B 5/0215 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01); A61B 5/1459 (2006.01); A61M 60/268 (2021.01); A61M 60/427 (2021.01); A61M 60/523 (2021.01); A61M 60/531 (2021.01); A61M 60/894 (2021.01); A61N 1/365 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61N 1/39 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61M 60/274 (2021.01); A61M 60/405 (2021.01)
CPC A61N 1/36571 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0215 (2013.01); A61B 5/14542 (2013.01); A61B 5/1459 (2013.01); A61M 60/268 (2021.01); A61M 60/427 (2021.01); A61M 60/523 (2021.01); A61M 60/531 (2021.01); A61M 60/894 (2021.01); A61N 1/36521 (2013.01); A61N 1/36528 (2013.01); A61N 1/36542 (2013.01); A61N 1/3655 (2013.01); A61N 1/36557 (2013.01); A61N 1/36564 (2013.01); A61N 1/36585 (2013.01); A61N 1/37252 (2013.01); A61N 1/3987 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00026 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00243 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00575 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00597 (2013.01); A61M 60/274 (2021.01); A61M 60/405 (2021.01); A61M 2205/3334 (2013.01); A61M 2230/005 (2013.01); A61M 2230/20 (2013.01); A61M 2230/30 (2013.01); A61M 2230/42 (2013.01); A61M 2230/63 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
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1. A system configured to be implanted in a patient's body to monitor and/or treat the patient, the system comprising:
at least one sensor configured to provide sensor data that corresponds to a blood pressure within or near the patient's heart;
at least one adjustable component configured to adjust flow between a right atrium and a right ventricle of the patient's heart; and
a controller configured for adjusting the function of the at least one adjustable component based at least in part on sensor data from the at least one sensor.