PROSTHETIC VALVE DELIVERY APPARATUS HAVING CLUTCH MECHANISM

    公开(公告)号:US20170128197A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-05-11

    申请号:US15346355

    申请日:2016-11-08

    IPC分类号: A61F2/24

    摘要: In a particular embodiment, the present disclosure provides a delivery apparatus for delivering a medical device. The delivery apparatus includes an elongated component with an engagement portion and a disengagement portion. Rotating the elongated component in a first rotational direction moves the travelling component along the engagement portion in a first axial direction. When the travelling component is located within the disengagement portion, continued rotation of the elongated component in the first rotational direction does not cause further movement of the travelling component in the first axial direction. A biasing member is located proximate the disengagement portion and urges the travelling component to reengage the engagement potion. The delivery apparatus can reduce or prevent damage to the delivery apparatus, or a patient with whom the delivery apparatus is used, by reducing or eliminating torque transfer from the travelling component to an end of the elongated component.

    Crimping devices and methods
    35.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11963871B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-23

    申请号:US18080043

    申请日:2022-12-13

    IPC分类号: B23P11/00 A61F2/24 A61F2/95

    摘要: Devices and methods for crimping a prosthetic heart valve onto a delivery device are described. In some embodiments, valves are crimped over an inflatable balloon and between proximal and distal shoulders mounted on a shaft inside the balloon. Crimping methods can include multiple compression steps with the valve located in different axial positions relative to the crimping jaws at each different step. In some methods, the valve may extend partially outside of the crimping jaws during certain crimping steps, such that the crimping force is only applied to the part of the valve that is inside the jaws. Exemplary crimping devices can include two or more adjacent sets of jaws that close down to different inner diameters, such that different parts of a valve get compressed to different outer diameters at the same time during a single crimping step.

    BALLOON COVER FOR A DELIVERY APPARATUS FOR AN EXPANDABLE PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE

    公开(公告)号:US20230190465A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-22

    申请号:US18113490

    申请日:2023-02-23

    IPC分类号: A61F2/24

    CPC分类号: A61F2/2433

    摘要: Balloon covers for a delivery apparatus for a prosthetic valve are disclosed. As one embodiment, a balloon cover includes first and second shell members that are configured to matingly engage with each other, each including a first portion defining a first cavity configured to receive a distal end portion of the delivery apparatus and at least a portion of an inflatable balloon. The balloon cover includes one or more depression members, each having a free end configured to move radially inward toward a central longitudinal axis of the balloon cover, and a tubular sleeve configured to be positioned around the depression members and the first portions of the first and second shell members such that the first and second shell members are held in mating engagement with each other and the free ends of the depression members are depressed radially inward and form a negative radial depression in the balloon.

    BALLOON COVER FOR A DELIVERY APPARATUS FOR AN EXPANDABLE PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE

    公开(公告)号:US20230190464A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-22

    申请号:US18113477

    申请日:2023-02-23

    IPC分类号: A61F2/24

    CPC分类号: A61F2/2433

    摘要: Balloon covers for a delivery apparatus for a prosthetic valve are disclosed. As one embodiment, a balloon cover includes first and second shell members that are configured to matingly engage with each other, each of the first and second shell members including a first portion and a second portion, the second portion having a larger width than the first portion. The first portions of the first and second shell members define a first cavity configured to receive a distal end portion of the delivery apparatus and at least a portion of an inflatable balloon mounted on the distal end portion of the delivery apparatus. The second portions of the first and second shell members define a second cavity configured to receive a positioning device mounted on the distal end portion of the delivery apparatus, proximal to a valve mounting portion of the distal end portion of the delivery apparatus.

    STEERABLE CATHETER
    38.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220105313A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-07

    申请号:US17555169

    申请日:2021-12-17

    IPC分类号: A61M25/01 A61B1/005

    摘要: A steerable medical apparatus includes a shaft, a steering mechanism, and an actuation mechanism. The shaft has a proximal portion, a distal portion, a first pull wire, and a second pull wire. The distal ends of the first and second pull wires are coupled to the distal portion of the shaft. The steering mechanism has a first wheel and a second wheel coupled by a differential mechanism. The proximal ends of the first and second pull wires are respectively coupled to the first and second wheels. The actuation mechanism is coupled to the steering mechanism. Actuating the actuation mechanism in a first operational mode causes the distal portion of the shaft to curve in a first plane. Actuating the actuation mechanism in a second operational mode causes the distal portion of the shaft to curve away from the first plane.

    Cylindrical implant and balloon
    39.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11273036B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-15

    申请号:US16435288

    申请日:2019-06-07

    IPC分类号: A61F2/24 A61F2/958

    摘要: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a balloon shaped to have one or more enlarged recons to selectively increase expansion forces on an implant. For example, the balloon may have a central portion that is enlarged to exert more force on the center of a stent-mounted prosthetic heart valve. This overcomes the stent-mounted prosthetic heart valve's tendency to expand with flared ends. This forms a more cylindrical or barrel shaped stent frame during expansion of the balloon—reducing or eliminating the instance wherein the cylindrical stent frame has flared ends. Alternatively, the balloon may have conical flares placed to cause or enhance flared ends of the cylindrical implant to enhance its anchoring capabilities.