公开(公告)号：US12295834B2

公开(公告)日：2025-05-13

申请号：US18481580

申请日：2023-10-05

Applicant: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION

Inventor： David Maimon ,  Hernan Altman

IPC: A61F2/24

Abstract: A delivery apparatus for a medical device implant can include an outer catheter and a flexible delivery catheter. The outer catheter can have an axially extending shaft and a first lumen extending co-axially through the axially extending shaft. The flexible delivery catheter can have an elongate shaft having a flexible section extending along a distal portion of the elongate shaft, and the flexible section of the elongate shaft can be positioned or adjusted between a first, delivery configuration and a second, activated configuration. The delivery catheter can have a pull wire extending co-axially through a second lumen axially extending through the elongate shaft. A distal end of the pull wire can be fixedly secured or attached to the distal end of the elongate shaft.

公开(公告)号：US20250073030A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-06

申请号：US18952970

申请日：2024-11-19

Applicant: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION

Inventor： David Maimon

IPC: A61F2/24

Abstract: Extension members for an outer skirt of a prosthetic heart valve and methods for unfolding the extension members during radial expansion of the prosthetic heart valve are disclosed. As one example, a prosthetic heart valve comprises a frame that is radially expandable and compressible between a radially compressed configuration and a radially expanded configuration, and an outer skirt disposed around an outer surface of the frame. The outer skirt comprises one or more extension members that are movable between a first state where the one or more extension members are folded against the frame and a second state where the one or more extension members extend radially outward and away from the frame, and where the one or more extension members are in the first state when the frame is in the radially compressed configuration and in the second state when the frame is in the radially expanded configuration.

公开(公告)号：US20250009506A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-09

申请号：US18888516

申请日：2024-09-18

Applicant: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION

Inventor： David Maimon ,  Michael R. Bialas ,  Mindy Lee Ann Black ,  Tamir S. Levi ,  Linda Thai ,  Yidong M. Zhu

IPC: A61F2/24 ,  A61F2/958

Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a balloon shaped to have one or more enlarged regions to selectively increase expansion forces on an implant. For example, the balloon may have a central portion that is enlarged to exert more force on the center of a stent-mounted prosthetic heart valve. This overcomes the stent-mounted prosthetic heart valve's tendency to expand with flared ends. This forms a more cylindrical or barrel shaped stent frame during expansion of the balloon—reducing or eliminating the instance wherein the cylindrical stent frame has flared ends. Alternatively, the balloon may have conical flares placed to cause or enhance flared ends of the cylindrical implant to enhance its anchoring capabilities.

公开(公告)号：US20240299169A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-12

申请号：US18659509

申请日：2024-05-09

Applicant: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION

Inventor： Eric Michael Oberwise ,  Michael J. Popp ,  Itay Avinathan ,  David Maimon

IPC: A61F2/24

CPC classification number: A61F2/2454 ,  A61F2220/0091 ,  A61F2230/0043

Abstract: Valve repair devices are disclosed herein. The valve repair devices are configured to reduce or inhibit regurgitant blood flow through a native heart valve. The valve repair devices are configured to be positioned within the native heart valve orifice and attached to the native heart valve. The device can be connected to leaflets of the native valve by a variety of different types of paddles.

公开(公告)号：US20240299165A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-12

申请号：US18664220

申请日：2024-05-14

Applicant: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION

Inventor： Anatoly Dvorsky ,  Ofir Witzman ,  David Maimon

IPC: A61F2/24

CPC classification number: A61F2/2418 ,  A61F2/2433 ,  A61F2220/0016 ,  A61F2220/0075

Abstract: Method and devices for displacing leaflets of an existing valvular structure at an aortic valve position away from coronary ostia of an aorta are disclosed. An example method can include implanting a prosthetic heart valve within a native valve or previously implanted heart valve such that a commissure of the prosthetic heart valve is circumferentially aligned with a mid-portion of a leaflet of the native or previously implanted heart valve. The method further includes, during radially expanding the prosthetic heart valve into the native or previously implanted heart valve, applying pressure to the mid-portion of the leaflet with the commissure such that the leaflet is displaced away from the commissure and toward an inflow end of the prosthetic heart valve.

公开(公告)号：US20240123182A1

公开(公告)日：2024-04-18

申请号：US18531307

申请日：2023-12-06

Applicant: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION

Inventor： Erik Bulman ,  David Maimon ,  Sonny Tran ,  Ilan Tamir ,  Jeong Soo Lee ,  Maxwell Harrison Fine ,  Nasser William Saleh ,  Sovanpheap Mak ,  Tien Thi Nguyen

IPC: A61M25/00 ,  A61L29/08

CPC classification number: A61M25/0023 ,  A61L29/085 ,  A61M25/0045 ,  A61M25/0052 ,  A61M2025/0024 ,  A61M2025/0047 ,  A61M2025/006 ,  A61M2205/02

Abstract: Aspects of an expandable sheath can be used in conjunction with a catheter assembly to introduce a prosthetic device, such as a heart valve, into a patient. Such aspects can minimize trauma to the vessel by allowing for temporary expansion of a portion of the introducer sheath to accommodate the delivery apparatus, followed by a return to the original diameter once the prosthetic device passes through. Some aspects can include a sheath with a tubular inner liner wound in a spiral configuration such that a plurality of protrusions is disposed in an overlapping portion of the sheath. The disclosed sheath is configured to expand from a predetermined rest diameter dr to an expanded diameter de during application of a radial outward force by passage of a medical device through the sheath.

公开(公告)号：US20240099842A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-28

申请号：US18531202

申请日：2023-12-06

Applicant: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION

Inventor： Erik Bulman ,  David Maimon ,  Sonny Tran ,  Ilan Tamir ,  Jeong Soo Lee ,  Maxwell Harrison Fine ,  Nasser William Saleh ,  Sovanpheap Mak ,  Tien Thi Nguyen

IPC: A61F2/24

CPC classification number: A61F2/2436 ,  A61F2210/0076

Abstract: Aspects of an expandable sheath can be used in conjunction with a catheter assembly to introduce a prosthetic device, such as a heart valve, into a patient. Such aspects can minimize trauma to the vessel by allowing for temporary expansion of a portion of the introducer sheath to accommodate the delivery apparatus, followed by a return to the original diameter once the prosthetic device passes through. Some aspects can include a sheath with a tubular inner liner wound in a spiral configuration at least a portion of the outer surface of the sheet comprises a plurality of bonding sites that are at least partially embedded within the sheet and disposed such that the outer surface of the sheet in the overlapping portion is substantially free of the plurality of bonding sites.

公开(公告)号：US20240024099A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-25

申请号：US18234865

申请日：2023-08-16

Applicant: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION

Inventor： Tamir S. Levi ,  Son V. Nguyen ,  Netanel Benichou ,  David Maimon ,  Ziv Yohanan ,  Nikolai Gurovich ,  Bella Felsen ,  Larisa Dadonkina ,  Ron Sharoni ,  Elena Sherman

IPC: A61F2/24

CPC classification number: A61F2/2418 ,  A61F2/2433 ,  A61F2/2412 ,  A61F2220/0075 ,  A61F2250/0097 ,  A61F2230/0054 ,  A61F2250/0036

Abstract: Embodiments of a radially collapsible and expandable prosthetic heart valve are disclosed. A prosthetic heart valve includes a valve structure and a frame. The valve structure includes a plurality of leaflets, and the leaflets are configured to move from an open configuration to a closed configuration. The valve structure is coupled to the frame. The frame includes an inflow end, an outflow end, a longitudinal axis extending from the inflow end to the outflow end, and a plurality of struts forming a plurality of rows of cells. Each row of cells extends in a circumferential direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. Adjacent cells in a row of cell are coupled together at a junction of the struts defining the adjacent cells, and at least one junction in one row of cells has a shape that is different than at least one other junction of the one row of cells.

公开(公告)号：US11666436B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-06

申请号：US16415590

申请日：2019-05-17

Applicant: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

Inventor： David Maimon ,  Ron Sharoni ,  Tamir S. Levi ,  Emil Karapetian ,  Tri D. Tran ,  Tung Le

IPC: B21D41/04 ,  B21D41/00 ,  A61F2/24 ,  A61B50/30 ,  A61B17/06 ,  B23P11/00 ,  A61F2/00 ,  B25B27/10 ,  B23P19/04 ,  A61F2/95

CPC classification number: A61F2/2427 ,  A61B17/06 ,  A61B50/30 ,  A61F2/0095 ,  A61F2/243 ,  A61F2/2433 ,  B21D41/00 ,  B21D41/04 ,  B23P11/00 ,  B23P19/04 ,  B25B27/10 ,  A61F2/9522 ,  Y10T29/5367 ,  Y10T29/53552 ,  Y10T29/53578

Abstract: A device for crimping a radially expandable and collapsible prosthetic valve comprises a crimping loop having a first end portion, a second end portion, and a loop portion extending between the first and second end portions and defining an opening configured to receive the prosthetic valve. The crimping loop is movable between a first state in which the opening has a first diameter and a second state in which the opening has a second diameter smaller than the first diameter such that when the prosthetic valve is positioned within the loop portion, movement of the crimping loop from the first state to the second state is effective to reduce a diameter of the prosthetic valve. A method for crimping a prosthetic valve comprises reducing a diameter of an opening of a crimping loop, thereby radially compressing an at least partially expanded prosthetic valve disposed within the opening.

公开(公告)号：US20230165676A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-01

申请号：US18096326

申请日：2023-01-12

Applicant: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

Inventor： David Maimon

IPC: A61F2/24

CPC classification number: A61F2/24 ,  A61F2220/0025

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to implantable, mechanically expandable prosthetic devices, such as prosthetic heart valves, and to devices and methods for coupling expansion and locking assemblies to frames of such prosthetic devices.