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US 2024/0390656 A1Published application
Rivet Shunt And Method Of Deployment
AssigneeNXT Biomedical, LLC
InventorsRobert C. Taft, Glen Rabito, Robert S. Schwartz
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Abstract
A shunt is described that expands to an hourglass shape. As the shunt expands, both of its ends radially flare outwards relative to its middle section and the length of the shunt foreshortens, which causes the flared ends to engage the tissue surrounding a puncture or aperture within a patient's tissue.
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A method of treating a diseased state of a patient comprising:
- identifying two lumens in said patient, the shunting of which is intended to improve the diseased state of said patient;
- deploying a shunt device between said two lumens;
- securing said shunt device in said two lumens by flaring opposite ends of said shunt device and by foreshortening said shunt device;
- wherein said flaring and foreshortening secures said shunt device between said two lumens and shunts said two lumens.
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A method of deploying a prosthesis in a patient, comprising:
- positioning the prosthesis into a biological passage;
- radially expanding the prosthesis to cause 1) a distal and proximal end of the prosthesis to radially flare relative to a middle of the prosthesis;
- and 2) to cause the prosthesis to foreshorten in length whereby the distal and proximal ends of the prosthesis engage tissue surrounding the biological passage;
- wherein the prosthesis creates a shunt passage between a first body lumen and a second body lumen.
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A prosthesis for treatment of a patient, comprising:
- a tubular structure having a radially compressed configuration and a radially expanded configuration;
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- said radially expanded configuration comprising a flared state of distal and proximal ends and a foreshortened length;
- said flared state and said foreshortened length being sufficient to secure said tubular structure between tissue of two lumens of a patient.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.