Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Decalcifying heart valve
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Application No.: US13708292Application Date: 2012-12-07
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Publication No.: US09987130B2Publication Date: 2018-06-05
- Inventor: Jan Weber
- 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: Pauly, DeVries, Smith & Deffner LLC
- Main IPC: A61F2/24
- IPC: A61F2/24 ; A61L31/10 ; A61L31/14

Abstract:
Vascular valve systems for treating calcified vascular vessel valves by delivery of one or more calcium chelating agents are described. The vascular valve system includes an expandable stent; a valve with a plurality of leaflets, and a hydrogel layer disposed on an outer surface of the stent. The hydrogel layer includes a hydrogel, and a calcium-chelating agent and an acidifying agent disposed within the hydrogel. The calcium-chelating agent and the acidifying agent are covalently bonded to the hydrogel. The hydrogel layer is configured to capture loosened calcium deposits to form a calcium-chelating agent complex covalently bonded to the hydrogel layer. Methods of making the vascular valve systems are also described.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130150957A1 DECALCIFYING HEART VALVE Public/Granted day:2013-06-13
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