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Patent Inventor Names
Rodney A. Brenneman0
Date of Patent
January 13, 2015
0Patent Application Number
129750130
Date Filed
December 21, 2010
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A shunt rivet for implantation in the aorta and inferior vena cava to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and a method of treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The shunt rivet may be formed to have a central section, a proximal clinch section, and a distal clinch section each having one or more clinch members. These one or more clinch members may be trained to be resiliently biased to bend radially outwardly from the central section.
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