Patent ID: 9649480
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: A61F,A61M

Claim:
1. A method of treating a patient with a diastolic heart failure by restricting blood flow from the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery comprising: providing a delivery system and an implantable device, wherein the delivery system comprises a proximal end, a distal end, and an axial lumen, wherein the implantable device comprises a distal end, a proximal end, and a hollow body portion, and wherein the implantable device has a first elongated profile when slidably disposed within the axial lumen of the delivery system, and a second expanded profile when the device is outside of the delivery system, advancing the delivery system and the implantable device in its first elongated profile at or near the pulmonary valve, deploying the distal end of the device at a location distal to the pulmonary valve annulus, the proximal end of the device at or near the pulmonary valve annulus, and the hollow body portion of the device through the pulmonary valve, and allowing blood back-flow from the pulmonary artery to the right ventricle.