- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus for endovascularly replacing a heart valve
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Application No.: US15138863Application Date: 2016-04-26
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Publication No.: US09956075B2Publication Date: 2018-05-01
- Inventor: Amr Salahieh , Jean-Pierre Dueri , Hans F. Valencia , Brian D. Brandt , Dwight P. Morejohn , Claudio Argento , Tom Saul , Ulrich R. Haug
- Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
- Applicant Address: US MN Maple Grove
- Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed Inc.
- Current Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Maple Grove
- Agency: Seager, Tufte & Wickhem LLP
- Main IPC: A61F2/06
- IPC: A61F2/06 ; A61F2/24 ; A61F2/90 ; A61F2/95

Abstract:
The invention includes methods of and apparatus for endovascularly replacing a heart valve of a patient. One aspect of the invention provides a method including the steps of endovascularly delivering a replacement valve and an expandable anchor to a vicinity of the heart valve in an unexpanded configuration; and applying an external non-hydraulically expanding or non-pneumatically expanding actuation force on the anchor to change the shape of the anchor, such as by applying proximally and/or distally directed force on the anchor using a releasable deployment tool to expand and contract the anchor or parts of the anchor. Another aspect of the invention provides an apparatus including a replacement valve; an anchor; and a deployment tool comprising a plurality of anchor actuation elements adapted to apply a non-hydraulically expanding or non-pneumatically expanding actuation force on the anchor to reshape the anchor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170056172A1 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ENDOVASCULARLY REPLACING A HEART VALVE Public/Granted day:2017-03-02
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