Patent ID: 9034034
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A device for regulating blood pressure between a patient's left atrium and right atrium, the device comprising: a stent comprising a neck region and first and second flared end regions, the neck region disposed between the first and second end regions and configured to engage the fossa ovalis of the patient's atrial septum; a one-way tissue valve having an outlet coupled to a first portion of the first flared end region and an inlet coupled to a second portion of the first flared end region proximal to the neck region, the valve configured to shunt blood from the left atrium to the right atrium when blood pressure in the left atrium exceeds blood pressure in the right atrium; and a biocompatible material disposed on the neck region and the second flared region, but not on the first portion of the first flared end region.