US 12,343,247 B2
Prosthetic cardiac implant
Chandramouli Honnavalli Chandrashekar, Bangalore (IN)
Appl. No. 17/271,612
Filed by Chandramouli Honnavalli Chandrashekar, Bangalore (IN)
PCT Filed Aug. 29, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/057274
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 26, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/250027, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201941023559 (IN), filed on Jun. 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0338409 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 60/35 (2021.01); A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61M 60/38 (2021.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/06 (2013.01) [A61M 60/35 (2021.01); A61M 60/38 (2021.01); A61B 2017/00252 (2013.01); A61F 2002/061 (2013.01); A61F 2002/068 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0075 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0067 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0086 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0039 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A device (300) for use in total cavopulmonary connection, the device (300) comprising:
a hollow body (302) comprising:
a first end (304) configured to receive blood from inferior vena cava; and
a second end (306) configured to be connected to pulmonary artery; and
a flow separator (308) for guiding blood from inferior vena cava and superior vena cava to right pulmonary artery and left pulmonary artery, the flow separator (308) comprising an inferior end (402), a centre piece (414) and a superior end (404), wherein,
the inferior end (402) is between the first end (304) and the second end (306) of the hollow body (302);
the flow separator (308) is dimensioned to have the superior end (404) enter superior vena cava when the second end (306) is connected to the pulmonary artery; and
the centre piece (414) defines a first pair of concave channels (406a and 406b) converging to define an inferior portion (410), wherein the pair of concave channels (406a and 406b) are configured to interface with blood from inferior vena cava and guide the blood from inferior vena cava to right pulmonary artery and left pulmonary artery.