Replacement Heart Valve Implant and Expandable Framework for Replacement Heart Valve Implant

    公开(公告)号:US20230063142A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-02

    申请号:US17894379

    申请日:2022-08-24

    Abstract: A replacement heart valve implant may include an expandable framework having a plurality of frame struts defining a lattice structure, each frame strut having a thickness in a radial direction from a central longitudinal axis; and a plurality of valve leaflets coupled to the expandable framework. The plurality of frame struts defines a lower crown proximate an inflow end of the lattice structure and upper crown proximate an outflow end of the lattice structure and a plurality of stabilization arches extending downstream from the outflow end of the lattice structure. The lattice structure includes a first circumferential row of x-connectors upstream of the upper crown and a second circumferential row of x-connectors downstream of the lower crown. The thickness of at least some frame struts connecting the first and second circumferential rows of x-connectors is less than the thickness of other frame struts of the plurality of frame struts.

    Positioning devices, methods, and systems

    公开(公告)号:US11633176B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-25

    申请号:US15665057

    申请日:2017-07-31

    Abstract: Embodiments include devices, methods, and systems for positioning devices. An exemplary method comprises: moving a distal end of a tube into a body, the tube including a lumen and a shaft in the lumen, the shaft having a transducer; sending a first signal to the transducer; passing, with the transducer, in response to the first signal, a wave energy into the body; receiving, with the transducer, a reflected portion of the wave energy; generating, with the transducer, a second signal in response to the reflected portion of the wave energy; determining, with a processor, an indicia of the body in response to the second signal; and identifying, with the indicia, a targeted issue in the body; positioning the distal end of the tube at the targeted tissue in response to the indicia; and removing a portion of the targeted tissue with the distal end of the tube.

    BALLOON VALVULOPLASTY CATHETER WITH IVUS

    公开(公告)号:US20220226114A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-21

    申请号:US17568217

    申请日:2022-01-04

    Abstract: A balloon valvuloplasty catheter may include an elongate shaft having a guidewire lumen and a device lumen extending longitudinally therein, an expandable balloon secured to a distal portion of the elongate shaft, and an intravascular ultrasound catheter slidably disposed within the device lumen. The device lumen is in fluid communication with an interior of the expandable balloon. A method of preparing a native aortic heart valve of a patient's heart for transcatheter aortic valve replacement may include using the balloon valvuloplasty to observe via intravascular ultrasound and evaluate a position of the native leaflets relative to the left and right coronary artery ostia to determine if the native leaflets block the left coronary artery ostium and/or the right coronary artery ostium when the expandable balloon is inflated.

    PAPILLARY APPROXIMATION TOOL WITH ENHANCED VISUALIZATION

    公开(公告)号:US20210154014A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-27

    申请号:US16952808

    申请日:2020-11-19

    Abstract: A system for transluminal delivery of cardiac repair components into a heart includes a visualization catheter having an imaging device disposed at a distal end. An anchor lumen extends through the visualization catheter to an anchor port disposed on its distal wall. An adjustment mechanism is translatably disposed within the visualization catheter and configured to adjust a height of the anchor port relative to a septum of the heart. The imaging device may be used to visualize the placement of anchors expelled from the port into a tissue target. The adjustment mechanism enables accurate placement of multiple anchors along a consistent axis within the heart by rotating the visualization catheter to align the port with different tissue targets. The anchors may be coupled to sutures and the tissue targets may include papillary muscles that are reconfigured by pulling together and securing the sutures to approximate a healthy papillary structure.

    MEDICAL GUIDEWIRE
    17.
    发明申请
    MEDICAL GUIDEWIRE 审中-公开
    医疗指南

    公开(公告)号:US20150051696A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-02-19

    申请号:US14458757

    申请日:2014-08-13

    Abstract: A guidewire system may include a guidewire having a relatively stiff proximal section and a relatively flexible distal section joined by a transition region, and a TAVI device slidably disposed on the guidewire. The guidewire may include an expandable element disposed about the transition region. The expandable element may be configured to expand from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration. The guidewire may include an expandable element disposed at the distal end. The distal section may be pre-configured to form more than one distal loop. A method of protecting an apex of a left ventricle during a TAVI procedure may include inserting a guidewire into the left ventricle, positioning a transition region adjacent the apex, expanding an expandable element such that the expandable element spans the apex, advancing a TAVI device distally over the guidewire to an aortic valve, and performing a TAVI procedure at the aortic valve.

    Abstract translation: 导丝系统可以包括具有相对刚性的近端部分和由过渡区域连接的相对柔性的远侧部分的导丝,以及可滑动地设置在导丝上的TAVI装置。 引导线可以包括围绕过渡区域设置的可扩张元件。 可扩展元件可以被配置为从折叠构型扩展到扩展构型。 引导线可以包括设置在远端处的可扩张元件。 远侧部分可以预先配置成形成多于一个远端环。 在TAVI程序期间保护左心室顶点的方法可包括将导线插入左心室,将过渡区域定位在邻近顶点的位置,使可扩张元件膨胀使得可扩张元件跨越顶点,使TAVI器件向远端延伸 在导丝上穿过主动脉瓣,并在主动脉瓣上执行TAVI程序。

    ANTI-THROMBUS FEATURE FOR IMPLANTED MEDICAL DEVICES
    18.
    发明申请
    ANTI-THROMBUS FEATURE FOR IMPLANTED MEDICAL DEVICES 审中-公开
    用于植入医疗器械的抗血栓特征

    公开(公告)号:US20140114340A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-04-24

    申请号:US14049407

    申请日:2013-10-09

    Abstract: A medical device for permanent implantation in a circulatory system of a patient may include an implant configured for percutaneous or minimally-invasive insertion into the patient, at least one connector fixedly attached to the implant and configured to releasably attach to a delivery device, the at least one connector being exposed to blood flow within the circulatory system following implantation, and an anti-thrombus feature configured to transition from an undeployed state to a deployed state.

    Abstract translation: 用于永久植入患者的循环系统中的医疗装置可以包括被配置用于经皮或微创入插入到患者体内的植入物,至少一个连接器固定地连接到植入物并被配置成可释放地附接到递送装置, 至少一个连接器在植入后暴露于循环系统内的血液流动,以及抗血栓特征,其构造成从未部署状态转变到展开状态。

    GUIDEWIRE SYSTEM FOR USE IN TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION PROCEDURES
    19.
    发明申请
    GUIDEWIRE SYSTEM FOR USE IN TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION PROCEDURES 审中-公开
    导轨系统用于运输工具气门植入程序

    公开(公告)号:US20130274618A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-10-17

    申请号:US13863935

    申请日:2013-04-16

    Abstract: A guidewire system may include a tubular guidewire including at least one lumen and a plurality of apertures disposed through an outer wall, and at least one pressure wire slidably disposed within the at least one lumen, the at least one pressure wire having at least one pressure sensor disposed thereon. A method of measuring a blood pressure gradient across a treatment site may include advancing the tubular guidewire to the treatment site, positioning at least one aperture distal and at least one aperture proximal of the treatment site, translating the pressure wire within the tubular guidewire, positioning the pressure wire such that a distal pressure sensor is disposed adjacent the at least one aperture distal of the treatment site, and a proximal pressure sensor is disposed adjacent the at least one aperture proximal of the treatment site, and measuring a blood pressure gradient across the treatment site.

    Abstract translation: 导丝系统可以包括管状导丝,其包括至少一个内腔和穿过外壁设置的多个孔,以及至少一个可滑动地设置在至少一个内腔内的压力丝,所述至少一个压力丝具有至少一个压力 传感器设置在其上。 测量治疗部位的血压梯度的方法可以包括将管状导丝推进到治疗部位,将远端的至少一个孔和位于治疗部位附近的至少一个孔定位,平移管状导丝内的压力线,定位 所述压力线使得远端压力传感器邻近所述治疗部位的所述至少一个孔设置,并且近端压力传感器设置在所述治疗部位的近侧的所述至少一个孔附近,并且测量所述治疗部位的血压梯度 治疗部位。

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