Patent ID: 7476200

Claim:
A system for regulating a blood flow rate or blood pressure to achieve balanced flow rates or blood pressures between a first blood vessel or heart chamber and a second blood vessel or heart chamber, wherein the first blood vessel or heart chamber and the second blood vessel and heart chamber are on opposite sides of the circulatory system, and wherein the first blood pressure or heart chamber is regulated by the system only by a regulator applied to the second blood vessel or heart chamber, the system comprising: i) a monitor monitoring parameters indicative of a difference between the flow rate or blood pressure of the first blood vessel or heart chamber and the flow rate or blood pressure of the second blood vessel or heart chamber; ii) the regulator regulating the blood flow rate or blood pressure in at least a portion of the second blood vessel or heart chamber; and iii) a controller configured to: receive a signal from the monitor; determine from the signal a difference between the flow rate or blood pressure of the first blood vessel or heart chamber and the flow rate or blood pressure of the second blood vessel or heart chamber; determine from the difference between the flow rate or blood pressure of the first blood vessel or heart chamber and the flow rate or blood pressure of the second blood vessel or heart chamber a second blood flow rate or blood pressure in the second blood vessel or heart chamber that generates a second blood flow rate or blood pressure in the first blood vessel or heart chamber to yield the balanced flow rate or blood pressure between the first blood vessel or heart chamber and the second blood vessel or heart chamber; and signal the regulator to generate the second determined blood flow rate or blood pressure in the at least portion of the lumen of the second blood vessel or heart chamber.