Methods for reduction of pressure effects of cardiac tricuspid valve regurgitation
Assignee3F Therapeutics, Inc.
InventorsPatrick M. McCarthy, Rodolfo C. Quijano Quijano
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A method of protecting an upper body and a lower body of a patient from high venous pressures comprising implanting a first stented valve at the superior vena cava and a second stented valve at the inferior vena cava, wherein the first and second valves are configured to permit blood flow towards a right atrium of the patient and prevent blood flow in an opposite direction.
Claims20
A method of protecting an upper body and a lower body of a patient from high venous pressures comprising implanting a first pericardium tissue valve at a superior vena cava and a second pericardium tissue valve at an inferior vena cava, wherein said first and second valves are configured to permit blood flow towards a right atrium of the patient and prevent blood flow in an opposite direction wherein the first valve is connected to the second valve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.