公开(公告)号：US20250114196A1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-10

申请号：US18984631

申请日：2024-12-17

Applicant: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION

Inventor： Kurt Kelly Reed

IPC: A61F2/24

Abstract: A delivery apparatus configured to deliver a prosthetic implant can include a handle, a first shaft extending through the handle, and a second shaft that is coaxial with the first shaft and surrounds at least a proximal end portion of the first shaft. The second shaft can include an outer shaft member positioned proximal to the handle and an inner shaft member that is axially movable relative to the outer shaft member. The second shaft can be movable between an axially extended configuration and an axially collapsed configuration. When the second shaft is in the axially extended configuration, the inner shaft member can extend into the handle. When the second shaft is in the axially collapsed configuration, the inner shaft member can be positioned proximal to the handle.

公开(公告)号：US20250114195A1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-10

申请号：US18984431

申请日：2024-12-17

Applicant: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION

Inventor： Kurt Kelly Reed

IPC: A61F2/24

Abstract: Quick release suture mechanisms for a suture lock assembly are disclosed herein. A quick release suture mechanism can comprise a suture anchor cap. The quick release suture mechanism is configured to be coupled to a suture and is configured to be selectively transitioned between a locked configuration, in which the quick release suture mechanism maintains the suture in a fixed position relative to the quick release dock port, and an unlocked configuration, in which the suture may be removed from the quick release dock port. A suture lock assembly can comprise a spool configured to engage a suture and a quick release suture mechanism configured to be coupled to the suture. The quick release suture mechanism comprises a quick release dock port, a suture anchor cap, and a dock port coupling mechanism configured to selectively couple the suture anchor cap to the quick release dock port.

公开(公告)号：US20240238088A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-18

申请号：US18623328

申请日：2024-04-01

Applicant: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION

Inventor： Da-Yu Chang ,  Amy E. Munnelly ,  Van Huynh ,  Avina Gupta ,  Brian S. Conklin ,  Sooji Van Echten ,  Kurt Kelly Reed ,  Amanda Grace Sall

IPC: A61F2/24

CPC classification number: A61F2/2427 ,  A61F2/2409 ,  A61F2/2412 ,  A61F2/2418 ,  A61F2220/0075

Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve has a plurality of valve leaflets that control directional flow of blood through a heart and a stent structure having a plurality of commissure posts supporting the valve leaflets. The stent structure has a covering over the plurality of commissure posts and has a sewing ring at an inflow end of the stent structure. Each of the plurality of commissure posts has a tip and a suture loop is attached to the covering at a location adjacent to or on the tip of the commissure post. Each suture loop provides a passage for a suture to pass through between the covering and the suture loop.

公开(公告)号：US20230277314A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-07

申请号：US18316846

申请日：2023-05-12

Applicant: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION

Inventor： Kurt Kelly Reed

IPC: A61F2/24

CPC classification number: A61F2/2427

Abstract: Methods and systems for providing a consistent flow of fluid through lumens of a delivery apparatus are disclosed. As one example, a delivery apparatus can include an outer shaft configured to retain a prosthetic implant in a delivery configuration, an inner shaft disposed within the outer shaft and configured to interface with an end of the prosthetic implant and move axially relative to the outer shaft, and a sleeve shaft disposed within the outer shaft and configured to cover the prosthetic implant in the delivery configuration. In some examples, the inner shaft can include one or more openings defined therein that extend between an inner surface and an outer surface of the inner shaft and that are configured to fluidly couple an inner lumen of the inner shaft with a lumen disposed between the outer surface of the inner shaft and an inner surface of the sleeve shaft.

公开(公告)号：US20230270551A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-31

申请号：US18312553

申请日：2023-05-04

Applicant: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION

Inventor： Kurt Kelly Reed

IPC: A61F2/24

CPC classification number: A61F2/2466 ,  A61F2/2445 ,  A61F2230/0091

Abstract: A delivery catheter is in various embodiments configured to deliver an anchoring device to a native valve annulus of a patient's heart, where the anchoring device can better secure a prosthesis at the native annulus. The delivery catheter may include a flexible portion configured to form a spiral shape in embodiments.

公开(公告)号：US20220079749A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-17

申请号：US17456532

申请日：2021-11-24

Applicant: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

Inventor： Darshin S. Patel ,  Hannah Reed Bettencourt ,  Evan T. Schwartz ,  Sean Chow ,  Jocelyn Chau ,  Tri D. Tran ,  Alyssa Joy Gross ,  Yuanlong Du ,  Jason Seng-Che Lam ,  Alexander H. Cooper ,  Tram Ngoc Nguyen ,  Ngoc Huong Thi Nguyen ,  Kurt Kelly Reed ,  Corey Maurice Marshall

IPC: A61F2/24

Abstract: Systems, assemblies, and methods for treating valve regurgitation and other valve problems are described. Prosthetic valves can have integrated coverings or flanges. Prosthetic valves can have a flange attached to the inflow end of the annular frame and designed to extend outwardly therefrom. Docking devices can be used to repair or reshape native heart valves and to secure prosthetic heart valves at a specific location and position relative to a native heart valve. Delivery systems can be used to deploy a docking device into the heart, including a lubricous sleeve in the delivery system. Packaging and storage systems suitable for the delivery systems are described.