Methods of securing a cardiac implant using knotless suture clamps

    公开(公告)号:US11576667B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-14

    申请号:US16859946

    申请日:2020-04-27

    Abstract: Suture locking clamps for securing prostheses such as heart valves or annuloplasty rings with sutures and without using knots improve the ease of implantation. The clamps have opposed clamp halves separated by a slot opening to one side and surrounded by a biasing member such as one or more C-clip springs. Sutures pass laterally into the slot which is held open by a retention member positioned between the clamp halves. The locking clamp slides along the sutures into position, the tension of the sutures is adjusted, and the retention member removed to allow the biasing member to clamp the sutures between the clamp halves. A delivery tool used to deliver and deploy the locking clamps contains a number of clamps within a delivery tube in a stack and bonded together for safety and a common retention member. The tool has a longitudinal channel on one side for entry of sutures.

    Methods of preparing and delivering a dry bioprosthetic valved conduit

    公开(公告)号:US11179238B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-23

    申请号:US16666348

    申请日:2019-10-28

    Abstract: A valved conduit including a bioprosthetic valve, such as a heart valve, and a tubular conduit sealed with a bioresorbable material. The bioprosthetic heart valve includes prosthetic tissue that has been treated such that the tissue may be stored dry for extended periods without degradation of functionality of the valve. The bioprosthetic heart valve may have separate bovine pericardial leaflets or a whole porcine valve. The sealed conduit includes a tubular matrix impregnated with a bioresorbable medium such as gelatin or collagen. The valved conduit is stored dry in packaging in which a desiccant pouch is supplied having a capacity for absorbing moisture within the packaging limited to avoid drying the bioprosthetic tissue out beyond a point where its ability to function in the bioprosthetic heart valve is compromised. The heart valve may be sewn within the sealed conduit or coupled thereto with a snap-fit connection.

    Methods of deploying knotless suture anchoring clamps
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    Methods of deploying knotless suture anchoring clamps 有权
    无缝缝合锚固夹具的部署方法

    公开(公告)号:US09504466B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-11-29

    申请号:US14797112

    申请日:2015-07-11

    Abstract: Methods of deploying knotless suture locking clamps for securing prostheses such as heart valves or annuloplasty rings to facilitate implantation. The clamps have opposed clamp halves separated by a slot opening to one side and surrounded by a biasing member such as one or more C-clip springs. Sutures pass laterally into the slot which is held open by a retention member positioned between the clamp halves. The locking clamp slides along the sutures into position, the tension of the sutures is adjusted, and the retention member removed to allow the biasing member to clamp the sutures between the clamp halves. A delivery tool used to deliver and deploy the locking clamps contains a number of clamps within a delivery tube in a stack and bonded together for safety and a common retention member. The tool has a longitudinal channel on one side for entry of sutures.

    Abstract translation: 部署用于固定假体(例如心脏瓣膜或瓣环成形术环)的无缝缝合锁定夹具的方法以便于植入。 夹具具有相对的夹具半部,该半部由通向一侧的狭槽分开,并被诸如一个或多个C形夹弹簧的偏置构件包围。 缝合线横向穿过狭槽,狭槽由位于夹子半部之间的保持构件保持打开。 锁定夹具沿着缝合线滑动到适当位置,调节缝合线的张力,并且移除保持构件以允许偏置构件将缝合线夹在夹具半部之间。 用于传送和展开锁定夹具的输送工具在堆叠中的输送管内包含多个夹具,并且为了安全而将其粘合在一起并具有公共保持构件。 该工具在一侧具有用于进入缝合线的纵向通道。

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