Patent ID: 11883640
Assignee: INQB8 MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 10:
11. A method for treating atrial dysfunction, comprising:
positioning a trans-septal shaft having an opening through a septum between a left atrium and a right atrium of a patient to provide for trans-septal access to the left atrium;
delivering a catheter carrying an inflatable balloon through the opening of the trans-septal shaft and into the left atrium;
operating the balloon to increase and decrease a pressure in the left atrium over multiple cardiac cycles;
removing the balloon catheter from the left atrium after the multiple cardiac cycles; and
after the catheter is removed, leaving the trans-septal shaft in position to provide a shunt path between the left atrium and the right atrium.