Patent ID: 8097015

Claim:
A device for promoting drainage of the vascular flow from the left atrial appendage (LAA) of a heart, the LAA having an ostium and an interior wall and a distal end, said device comprising: a liner having a size and shape to conform to an ostium and a portion of the interior wall of an LAA, the liner having a proximal end for placement adjacent to the ostium and a liner distal end, the liner having an opening at the proximal end such that the liner does not substantially obstruct the vascular flow at the ostium, the proximal end including a lip adapted to be disposed along a surface of an atrial wall surrounding the ostium, the lip having a substantially flat portion extending radially outward relative to a central axis of the device, the liner being closed to vascular flow at the liner distal end, the liner distal end adapted to extend toward the distal end of the LAA, and the liner having a portion extending from the lip and toward the liner distal end adapted to extend along and in contact with at least a portion of a surface of the interior wall of the LAA; and an anchor component attached to at least a portion of the liner, the anchor component adapted for securing at least a portion of the device within the LAA, wherein at least a portion of the anchor component is disposed both within the LAA and on an outside of the liner when in a deployed configuration, such that vascular flow within the LAA is promoted.