公开(公告)号：US20250090315A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-20

申请号：US18965594

申请日：2024-12-02

Applicant: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION

Inventor： Liron Tayeb ,  Eran Goldberg ,  David Maimon ,  Adi Carmi ,  Arie Tylis ,  Tomer Saar ,  Anatoly Dvorsky

IPC: A61F2/24 ,  A61F2/88 ,  A61F2/90

Abstract: A docking station includes an expandable frame configured to conform to an interior shape of a blood vessel when expanded inside the blood vessel, wherein the frame includes an annular outer wall formed from at least one annular stent segment connected to a plurality of spring elements circumferentially spaced around the at least one annular stent segment.

公开(公告)号：US20250090312A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-20

申请号：US18961277

申请日：2024-11-26

Applicant: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION

Inventor： David Maimon ,  Tamir S. Levi ,  Nikolai Gurovich ,  Karin Lavon ,  Martyn Rhys Thomas

IPC: A61F2/24

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to prosthetic valves that include information indicators which can indicate suitable information associated with a previously implanted prosthetic valve. Such information indicators can be internally formed in relatively wide support posts of mechanically expandable prosthetic valve, or can be externally formed along support posts of mechanically expandable prosthetic valve or vertical struts of balloon expandable prosthetic valves.

公开(公告)号：US12245756B2

公开(公告)日：2025-03-11

申请号：US17334479

申请日：2021-05-28

Applicant: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

Inventor： Boaz Manash ,  Eitan Atias ,  Liron Tayeb ,  Amir Blumenfeld ,  David Maimon ,  Eyal Leiba

IPC: A61B17/00 ,  A61F2/24

Abstract: Valvular implants and blood vessel closure devices herein are configured to be positioned in the heart and to block regurgitant blood flow from the heart into blood vessels supplying blood to the heart. The valvular implants can have a cover, a membrane, a valve, a resilient frame, and/or other features. Some valvular implants can have anchors to be positioned in the blood vessels, such as in pulmonary veins, and can anchor the implant to the heart wall. Various embodiments of covers and/or membranes act as valves contracting and expanding, to alternately permit and block blood flow. The valvular implants can cover one or more blood vessels, such as one, two, three, or four pulmonary veins, and can also be configured and implanted to block an appendage to the heart, such as the left atrial appendage.

公开(公告)号：US12127960B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-29

申请号：US17673601

申请日：2022-02-16

Applicant: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

Inventor： Eran Goldberg ,  Noa Axelrod Manela ,  Yair A. Neumann ,  Boaz Manash ,  David Maimon ,  Eyal Leiba ,  Ralph Schneider ,  Liron Tayeb

IPC: A61F2/966 ,  A61F2/24 ,  A61F2/95 ,  A61M25/00 ,  B29D23/00 ,  A61F2/958 ,  A61F2/962 ,  A61M29/00 ,  B29K105/08

CPC classification number: A61F2/966 ,  A61F2/2436 ,  A61F2/9526 ,  A61M25/0012 ,  A61M25/0023 ,  B29D23/00 ,  A61F2/9517 ,  A61F2/9522 ,  A61F2002/9583 ,  A61F2002/9623 ,  A61F2002/9665 ,  A61F2250/001 ,  A61M2025/0024 ,  A61M25/0045 ,  A61M25/005 ,  A61M25/0074 ,  A61M29/00 ,  A61M2205/0216 ,  B29K2105/0827

Abstract: An expandable sheath is disclosed herein, which has a first polymeric layer and a braided layer positioned radially outward of the first polymeric layer. The braided layer includes a plurality of filaments braided together. The expandable sheaths further include a resilient elastic layer positioned radially outward of the braided layer. The elastic layer is configured to apply radial force to the braided layer and the first polymeric layer. The expandable sheath further includes a second polymeric layer positioned radially outward of the elastic layer and bonded to the first polymeric layer such that the braided layer and the elastic layer are encapsulated between the first and second polymeric layers. Methods of making and using the devices disclosed herein are also disclosed, as are crimping devices that may be used in methods of making the devices disclosed herein.

公开(公告)号：US12121672B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-22

申请号：US17078556

申请日：2020-10-23

Applicant: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

Inventor： Eran Goldberg ,  Liron Tayeb ,  David Maimon

IPC: A61F2/24 ,  A61M25/00 ,  A61F2/962

CPC classification number: A61M25/0023 ,  A61F2/2427 ,  A61F2/962 ,  A61M2025/0024

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.

公开(公告)号：US12023417B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-02

申请号：US16933866

申请日：2020-07-20

Applicant: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

Inventor： David Maimon ,  Tamir S. Levi ,  Elena Sherman

IPC: A61L27/36 ,  A61F2/24 ,  B29C55/02 ,  B29L31/00

CPC classification number: A61L27/3691 ,  A61F2/2415 ,  A61L27/3625 ,  A61L27/3641 ,  B29C55/02 ,  A61F2240/001 ,  A61L2430/20 ,  A61L2430/40 ,  B29K2995/0056 ,  B29L2031/7534

Abstract: A method is provided for pre-stretching implantable biocompatible materials, such as material to be incorporated into an implantable device. A sheet of implantable biocompatible material is attached to one or more tensioning members, where tension is applied along one or more axes. Tension is applied for a period of time, and at an appropriate force, to produce a desired degree of thinning or pre-stretching of the implantable biocompatible material. During the tensioning, the implantable biocompatible material is maintained at an elevated temperature, such as a temperature that is at least substantially a temperature of an environment into which the material will be implanted.

公开(公告)号：US20240115382A1

公开(公告)日：2024-04-11

申请号：US18389636

申请日：2023-12-19

Applicant: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION

Inventor： David Maimon ,  Eran Goldberg ,  Liron Tayeb

IPC: A61F2/24 ,  A61M25/00 ,  A61M25/06

CPC classification number: A61F2/2436 ,  A61M25/0023 ,  A61M25/0662 ,  A61M2025/0024 ,  A61M25/0045 ,  A61M25/005 ,  A61M2205/0216 ,  A61M2205/0266

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.

公开(公告)号：US20240100297A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-28

申请号：US18531261

申请日：2023-12-06

Applicant: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION

Inventor： Sonny Tran ,  Ilan Tamir ,  Jeong Soo Lee ,  Maxwell Harrison Fine ,  Nasser William Saleh ,  Sovanpheap Mak ,  Tien Thi Nguyen ,  Erik Bulman ,  David Maimon

IPC: A61M25/00 ,  A61F2/24

CPC classification number: A61M25/0023 ,  A61F2/2427 ,  A61M2025/0024

Abstract: Various systems, devices, and methods are described herein pertaining to expandable sheaths. Sheath aspects are described that include a flexible sheath tip that is expandable and bendable. In some aspects, the sheath includes a radially expandable proximal end and a radially expandable distal end. In some aspects, the sheath tip includes a plurality of layers that expand to accept a medical device traveling axially and bi-directionally therethrough with minimal deformation of the sheath tip.

公开(公告)号：US20230285144A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-14

申请号：US18015707

申请日：2021-07-08

Applicant: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

Inventor： Haim Yushtein ,  Anatoly Dvorsky ,  David Maimon ,  Noam Nir ,  Alon Ben-Yosef

IPC: A61F2/24

CPC classification number: A61F2/2418 ,  A61F2/243 ,  A61F2/2439 ,  A61F2220/0091 ,  A61F2250/001 ,  A61F2250/0029

Abstract: A prosthetic device, such as a prosthetic heart valve, can include a frame that is radially expandable and compressible between a radially compressed state and a radially expanded state. In some examples, the prosthetic device can include locking mechanisms that are configured to hold the prosthetic device in a radially expanded state. In some examples, the locking mechanisms can be integrated into the frame of the prosthetic device.

公开(公告)号：US11633280B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-25

申请号：US17359332

申请日：2021-06-25

Applicant: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

Inventor： David Maimon ,  Liron Tayeb ,  Eran Goldberg

IPC: A61F2/24 ,  A61M25/00 ,  A61F2/95

Abstract: The active introducer sheath systems disclosed herein are expanded by activating a translation mechanism at the handle. The sheath has an inner cylindrical structure of comingled fixed and mobile elongate rods bound together by an attachment line. Activating the translation mechanism causes the mobile rods to move axially with respect to the fixed rods, changing the internal tension in the attachment line. Increased tension draws the fixed and mobile rods closer together, decreasing the diameter of the cylindrical structure. Decreased tension in the attachment line enables the fixed and mobile rods to move apart, increasing the diameter of the cylindrical structure. A prosthetic device, such as a prosthetic heart valve, can be routed through the expanded sheath and to the implantation site. During implantation, the sheath can be contracted back to its original outer diameter, and expanded again for retrieval of the delivery apparatus.