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US 11,890,017 B2Granted
Artery medical apparatus and methods of use thereof
AssigneeRestore Medical, Inc.
InventorsStephen F. Bellomo, Ben Adam Friesem
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Abstract
Methods and medical apparatus for deployment within an anatomical blood vessel. The medical apparatuses comprising: a first tubular wall, a second tubular wall, within the first tubular wall, and a constricting element configured to constrict a circumference of a portion of the second tubular wall; the combination of the first tubular wall, the second tubular wall and the constricting element forms a diametrical reducer.
Claims25
A method for treating an adult patient, the method comprising:
- selecting an adult patient with a therapeutic goal of decreasing left ventricle end diastolic pressure;
- implanting a medical device in a pulmonary artery of the patient;
- reducing an effective diameter of a portion of the pulmonary artery with the medical device by adjusting an inner diameter of the medical device;
- and
- affecting the decrease in left ventricle end diastolic pressure based on the reducing.
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