Adjustable and reversible locking mechanism for catheter-delivered implant

    公开(公告)号:US10722362B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-28

    申请号:US15983599

    申请日:2018-05-18

    Abstract: An implantable heart valve device has a main body including a first end portion and a second end portion. The main body is configured to be implanted around a native leaflet of a heart valve such that the first end portion is on an atrial side of the leaflet and the second end portion is on a ventricular side of the leaflet, and such that the main body can coapt with an opposing native leaflet during operation of the heart valve. One of the first or second end portions comprises a coupling assembly, and the other of the first or second end portions comprises a coupling member configured to extend through the native leaflet when the heart valve device is implanted in a heart valve. The coupling assembly is configured to releasably engage the coupling member to permit adjustment of the relative positions of the first and second end portions.

    CRIMPING APPARATUS FOR CRIMPING PROSTHETIC VALVE WITH PROTRUDING ANCHORS
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    发明申请
    CRIMPING APPARATUS FOR CRIMPING PROSTHETIC VALVE WITH PROTRUDING ANCHORS 有权
    用于冲压悬挂阀的冲击装置

    公开(公告)号:US20150336150A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-11-26

    申请号:US14707607

    申请日:2015-05-08

    Abstract: Embodiments of an apparatus, and a method for crimping expandable stents or prosthetic valves having a radially expandable and compressible annular body and one or more protruding anchors extending from the body using the apparatus, where the apparatus comprise a housing, a plurality of circumferentially arranged nesting jaws, and an actuator configured to move the jaws radially inwardly to reduce the size of the crimping aperture, thereby radially compressing the annular body of the prosthetic valve or stent. In particular embodiments, a selected set of the jaws, each having a front side and a recessed portion in its front side adjacent to its inner end. The recessed portions of the selected jaws collectively are sized and shaped to receive the one or more anchors of the prosthetic valve when the annular body is positioned within the crimping aperture.

    Abstract translation: 一种装置的实施例,以及用于压接具有径向可扩张和可压缩的环形体的可扩张支架或假体瓣的方法,以及一个或多个突出的锚固体,其使用该装置从身体延伸,其中该装置包括壳体,多个周向布置的嵌套 钳口和致动器,其构造成径向向内移动夹爪以减小压接孔的尺寸,从而径向压缩人造瓣膜或支架的环形体。 在具体实施例中,所选择的一组夹爪​​各自具有与其内端相邻的前侧和凹部。 所选择的钳口的凹陷部分的尺寸和形状被设计成当环形体定位在压接孔内时容纳人造瓣膜的一个或多个锚定件。

    Tissue illumination system, device, and method

    公开(公告)号:US09795302B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-24

    申请号:US14550765

    申请日:2014-11-21

    CPC classification number: A61B5/0084 A61B5/6853 A61B90/30

    Abstract: Implementations of the tissue illumination systems, devices, and methods disclosed herein take advantage of the translucent nature of tissue to reveal properties by light transmission, for example, tissue type, tissue transition locations, underlying structures, and the like, that are not easily distinguished by reflected light. Illuminating a back-side of a translucent tissue permits a user to distinguish between different types of tissue, tissue transition locations, and/or structures that are difficult or impossible to discern under overhead or front-side illumination. Implementations include a light source that is positionable behind a tissue or disposable within a body cavity or duct, for example, within a heart ventricle.

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