Patent ID: 9724499
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F,A61M

Claim:
1. A device for treating a heart condition in a patient, the device for implanting into an atrial septum of the patient's heart, the device comprising: a core segment defining a tube having an unobstructed passageway, the core segment comprising a flexible material and configured to transition between a collapsed state having a first diameter suitable for percutaneous delivery and an expanded, deployed state having a second diameter larger than the first diameter, the core segment configured in the deployed state to engage an opening in the atrial septum and to permit flow of blood through the unobstructed passageway across the atrial septum; a first annular structure comprising a plurality of support arm segments adapted to engage a first surface of the atrial septum; and a second annular structure comprising a plurality of support arm segments adapted to engage a second surface of the atrial septum, wherein each of the first annular structure and the second annular structure comprises flexible materials configured to transition between a collapsed delivery state and an expanded deployed state.