US 12,102,310 B2
Trans-septal closure and port device
Stanton J. Rowe, Newport Coast, CA (US); Ming H. Wu, Tustin, CA (US); Jinny Lee, Corona del Mar, CA (US); Ralph Schneider, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US); Sergio Delgado, Irvine, CA (US); and Ilan Tamir, Irvine, CA (US)
Assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/677,910.
Application 17/677,910 is a division of application No. 16/294,101, filed on Mar. 6, 2019, granted, now 11,259,789.
Application 16/294,101 is a division of application No. 15/416,595, filed on Jan. 26, 2017, granted, now 10,265,059, issued on Apr. 23, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/291,258, filed on Feb. 4, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0175364 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/24 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0218 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0057 (2013.01); A61F 2/2427 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00575 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00592 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00597 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00601 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00606 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00623 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00632 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0225 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0237 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A septal closure and port device for implantation in an atrial septum of a patient's heart, comprising:
an implantable metal frame comprising a central portion defining a lumen; and
a flexible valve member supported on the frame within the lumen and positioned to block at least the flow of blood from the left atrium to the right atrium through the lumen of the frame, the valve member comprising an expandable hole configured to expand and contract between a closed configuration to block at least the flow of blood from the left atrium to the right atrium through the hole and an expanded configuration to permit a medical instrument inserted in the right atrium to pass through the lumen and the valve member and into the left atrium, wherein the valve member comprises a plurality of valve elements, wherein the plurality of valve elements form the expandable hole.