Patent ID: 9421017
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: A61B,A61M

Claim Text:
1. A system for treating pulmonary hypertension, said system comprising: an implantable port configured for subcutaneous implantation and having an internal chamber; a guide conduit structure attached at one end to the implantable port; and a single inflatable balloon structure attached to another end of the guide conduit structure having a first lateral balloon segment, a second lateral balloon segment, and a central zone between the first and second lateral balloon segments, wherein the balloon structure is configured so that when the guide conduit structure is positioned in a pulmonary artery the first lateral balloon segment will occupy a left branch of the pulmonary artery and the second lateral balloon segment will occupy a right branch of the pulmonary artery, wherein the guide conduit structure includes first and second guide tubes, wherein the first guide tube provides a first guide wire path along or through the guide conduit structure and the first lateral balloon segment and the second guide tube provides a second guide wire path separate from the first guide wire path along or through the guide conduit structure and the second lateral balloon segment; wherein a distal end of the guide conduit structure forms a T-junction located in the central zone of said single balloon between said first lateral balloon segment and said second lateral balloon segment and wherein the first guide tube extends from a first branch of the T-junction and the second guide tube extends from a second branch of the T-junction.