SEALING ELEMENT FOR PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE

    公开(公告)号:US20210275296A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-09

    申请号:US17327608

    申请日:2021-05-21

    Abstract: An implantable prosthetic valve that is radially collapsible to a collapsed configuration and radially expandable to an expanded configuration includes an annular frame having an inflow end, an outflow end, and a longitudinal axis. A leaflet structure is positioned within the frame and secured thereto, and a sealing element is secured to the frame. The sealing element includes a first woven portion extending circumferentially around the frame. The first woven portion includes a plurality of interwoven filaments. The sealing element further includes a second woven portion extending circumferentially around the frame and spaced apart from the first woven portion along the longitudinal axis of the frame. At least a portion of the filaments exit the weave of the first woven portion and form loops extending radially outwardly from the frame.

    ADVANCED SHEATH PATTERNS
    22.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210052849A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-25

    申请号:US17078556

    申请日:2020-10-23

    Abstract: Disclosed herein are reinforced expandable introducer sheaths and methods of using the same. The sheaths minimize trauma to the patient's vasculature by including a reinforcing member to improve the push force of the sheath while reducing the chances of kinking during delivery of a prosthetic device. The sheath can include a plurality of expandable rings aligned along the longitudinal axis of the sheath and coupled together to form an elongated tubular structure. The sheath can also include a plurality of radial members circumferentially arranged to form a tubular support structure. The radial members slidingly interconnected around the circumference of the tubular structure to facilitate radial expansion of the sheath.

    Expandable sheath and methods of using the same

    公开(公告)号:US10856981B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-12-08

    申请号:US15636201

    申请日:2017-06-28

    Abstract: The expandable sheath and methods of use disclosed herein are used to deliver a prosthetic device through a patient's vasculature. The sheath is constructed to be expandable in the circumferential direction, while maintaining sufficient stiffness in the longitudinal direction to withstand pushing and resist kinking. The sheath includes a plurality of curved arms extending outwardly from a longitudinally extending spine. The curved arms move away from the longitudinal axis of the sheath when pushed radially outwardly by a passing prosthetic device, and move back toward the longitudinal axis once the prosthetic device has passed.

    COVERING AND ASSEMBLY METHOD FOR TRANSCATHETER VALVE

    公开(公告)号:US20200253728A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-13

    申请号:US16860742

    申请日:2020-04-28

    Abstract: A covering layer for a transcatheter heart valve is in various embodiments configured to prevent or reduce damage to the native valve tissue around the site where the prosthetic valve is implanted. In some cases, prosthetic valves are manufactured with the covering layer attached. Other covering layers are stand-alone accessories that can be mounted onto pre-existing prosthetic valves by an end user. Covering layers that can be mounted by an end user are provided with various features that can facilitate easier attachment of the covering layer to the prosthetic valve, which further reduces the possibility of damage to the covering layer or to the valve. Another covering is provided with two layers in order to insulate and protect the native tissue surrounding the implant from damage due to friction or abrasion, and/or other movement driven wear.

    PROSTHETIC VALVE
    29.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20250090318A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-20

    申请号:US18969583

    申请日:2024-12-05

    Abstract: A prosthetic valve includes an annular frame and a skirt. The frame is radially expandable and compressible between a radially compressed configuration and a radially expanded configuration. The skirt has a fold around an inflow end of the frame so as to cover at least a portion of an outer surface of the frame and at least a portion of an inner surface of the frame. When the frame is in the radially expanded configuration, an outer portion of the skirt tightly conforms to the outer surface of the frame and the inflow end of the frame is axially spaced from the fold to form an axially extending gap between the frame and the fold. When the frame is in the radially compressed configuration, the inflow end of the frame extends axially so as to at least partially fill the axially extending gap.

    Docking stations for transcatheter valves

    公开(公告)号:US12186184B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-07

    申请号:US17657732

    申请日:2022-04-01

    Abstract: An expandable docking station includes an annular valve seat having an end, an annular outer wall comprising struts disposed around the valve seat, and links that connect the end of the annular valve seat to the annular outer wall. Each of the links extends from the struts of the annular outer wall directly toward a longitudinal axis that runs longitudinally through a center of the docking station, and to a corresponding one of a plurality of circumferentially spaced axially extending legs at least partially defining the annular valve seat. The outer wall is configured to conform to an interior shape of a blood vessel, when expanded inside the blood vessel, such that the outer wall can expand in multiple locations to conform to multiple bulges of the blood vessel and can contract in multiple locations to conform to multiple narrowed regions of the blood vessel.

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