US 12,376,978 B2
Methods and technology for creating connections and shunts between vessels and chambers of biologic structures
Robert S. Schwartz, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US); Stanton J. Rowe, Newport Coast, CA (US); Robert C. Taft, Orange, CA (US); Glen Rabito, Lake Forest, CA (US); Alexander Siegel, Aliso Viejo, CA (US); and Joseph Passman, Costa Mesa, CA (US)
Assigned to NXT Biomedical, LLC, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by NXT Biomedical, LLC, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/334,302.
Application 18/334,302 is a continuation of application No. 16/576,704, filed on Sep. 19, 2019, granted, now 11,717,429.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/802,656, filed on Feb. 7, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/779,380, filed on Dec. 13, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/747,649, filed on Oct. 18, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/733,533, filed on Sep. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0320877 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/11 (2006.01); A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61F 2/958 (2013.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01)
CPC A61F 2/958 (2013.01) [A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61F 2/9522 (2020.05)] 13 Claims
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1. A method for treating a medical condition in a circulatory system of a human comprising:
puncturing a superior vena cava and a pulmonary artery;
connecting the superior vena cava and the pulmonary artery; and,
diverting part of a blood flow from the pulmonary artery into the superior vena cava and allowing the blood flow into a right atrium of a heart.