Patent ID: 8252042

Claim:
A device for treating a heart condition in a patient, said device implanted into the atrial septum of said patient's heart, said device comprising: a body element comprising; a core segment having an axial length and defining a passage; a first annular flange comprising a plurality of flange segments having substantially similar lengths and adapted to engage a first surface of said atrial septum; a second annular flange comprising a plurality of flange segments having substantially similar lengths and adapted to engage a second surface of said atrial septum; and a third annular flange disposed between the first annular flange and the second annular flange along the core segment axial length, the third annular flange comprising a plurality of flange segments having substantially similar lengths and less than the lengths of said plurality of flange segments of said second annular flange, said plurality of flange segments of said third annular flange also adapted to engage said second surface of said atrial septum; wherein the first, second, and third annular flange are at least one of attached to and extending from the core segment, and wherein the core segment has a first diameter when deployed and wherein the core segment is collapsible, enabling the core segment to have a second diameter less than the first diameter thereby enabling percutaneous delivery.