Patent ID: 11904120
Assignee: NXT BIOMEDICAL, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 15:
16. A method of increasing a blood flow through a left atrial appendage, comprising:
penetrating through a wall of a pulmonary vein;
penetrating through a wall of a left atrial appendage;
creating a passageway traversing through the wall of the pulmonary vein and the wall of the left atrial appendage;
wherein an inlet of the passageway extends through the wall of the pulmonary vein;
wherein an outlet of the passageway extends through the wall of the left atrial appendage; and
actively diverting at least a portion of the blood flow from the pulmonary vein directly into the left atrial appendage through the passageway such that the at least a portion of the blood flow passes into the left atrial appendage and washes out the left atrial appendage.