Adjustable implantable devices and associated methods

    公开(公告)号:US11633194B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-25

    申请号:US17713625

    申请日:2022-04-05

    IPC分类号: A61B17/12 A61B17/11 A61M27/00

    摘要: The present technology includes systems and methods for invasively adjusting implantable devices for selectively controlling fluid flow between a first body region and a second body region of a patient. For example, in many of the embodiments described herein, a catheter can be used to mechanically and/or electrically engage an implanted medical device. Once the catheter engages the medical device, the catheter can (i) increase a dimension associated with the medical device, such as through mechanical expansion forces, and/or (ii) decrease a dimension associated with the medical device, such as by heating a shape memory component of the medical device above a phase transition temperature.

    ADJUSTABLE FLOW GLAUCOMA SHUNTS HAVING NON-LINEARLY ARRANGED FLOW CONTROL ELEMENTS, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20230086856A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-23

    申请号:US17798811

    申请日:2021-02-18

    IPC分类号: A61F9/007

    摘要: In particular, some embodiments provide shunts having a plurality of individually actuatable flow control elements that can control the flow of fluid through associated ports and/or flow lumens. For example, each individually actuatable flow control element can be actuated to modify a flow of a corresponding port and/or flow lumen. The individually actuatable flow control elements may be actuated along a given actuation axis. A flow control assembly may include a plurality of flow control elements arranged about a collection region. Accordingly, the shunts described herein can be manipulated into a variety of configurations that provide different drainage rates based on a degree to which the ports and/or flow lumens are blocked or unblocked, therefore providing a titratable glaucoma therapy for draining aqueous from the anterior chamber of the eye.

    IMPLANTABLE SHUNT SYSTEMS AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20230084193A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-16

    申请号:US17992655

    申请日:2022-11-22

    摘要: The present technology relates to interatrial shunting systems and methods. In some embodiments, the present technology includes interatrial shunting systems that include a shunting element having a lumen extending therethrough that is configured to fluidly couple the left atrium and the right atrium when the shunting element is implanted in a patient. The system can also include an energy receiving component for receiving energy from an energy source positioned external to the body, an energy storage component for storing the received energy, and/or a flow control mechanism for adjusting a geometry of the lumen.