Continuous right atrial pressure monitoring and occlusion

Abstract

This invention describes a system and method for regulating blood flow through a blood vessel, comprising preparing and monitoring an implantable device embedded in a blood vessel, and regulating blood flow through the blood vessel or an adjacent vessel by operating the implantable device according to a first operating cycle configured to maintain the first pressure within a first predetermined pressure range in response to detection of intravascular pressure, when the first intravascular pressure exceeds a first predetermined pressure range. Furthermore, the system and method may change the regulation of blood flow through the blood vessel by switching the implantable device to a second operating cycle in response to detection of when the second pressure exceeds a second predetermined pressure threshold.

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