Patent ID: 11857197
Assignee: SHIFAMED HOLDINGS, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 7:
8. A method of adjusting an implanted shunt fluidly coupling a first body region and a second body region, the method comprising:
advancing an elongated body through the patient's vasculature and toward the implanted shunt;
positioning the elongated body within a lumen extending through the shunt or proximate to an inlet orifice or an outlet orifice of the lumen;
releasably coupling a positioning element on the elongated body to the shunt and/or a portion of patient tissue adjacent the shunt, wherein releasably coupling the positioning element to the shunt and/or the portion of patient tissue adjacent the shunt stabilizes and/or aligns the elongated body relative to the shunt; and
after releasably coupling the positioning element, heating a shape memory component of the shunt, wherein heating the shape memory component transforms the shunt from a first configuration to and/or toward a second configuration,
wherein transforming the shunt from the first configuration to and/or toward the second configuration alters an inner dimension of the shunt associated with the lumen without substantially altering an outer dimension of the shunt.