公开(公告)号：US20210085952A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-25

申请号：US17111924

申请日：2020-12-04

Applicant: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

Inventor： Tomer Saar ,  Michael Bukin ,  Dudu Haimovich ,  Roee Haimovich ,  Ohad Yakobovitch

IPC: A61M39/22 ,  A61M25/10 ,  A61F2/24

Abstract: Disclosed herein are inflators and methods of using the inflators for inflating inflatable devices, such as balloons, used in medical procedures. Such procedures include angioplasty and the transcatheter delivery of prosthetic heart valves and stents. The inflators overcome the resistances typically generated during such procedures and reduces the force required to fully inflate the balloon.

公开(公告)号：US10857334B2

公开(公告)日：2020-12-08

申请号：US16031448

申请日：2018-07-10

Applicant: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

Inventor： Tomer Saar ,  Michael Bukin ,  Dudu Haimovich ,  Roee Haimovich ,  Ohad Yakobovitch

IPC: A61M5/315 ,  A61M25/10 ,  A61F2/24 ,  A61M39/22 ,  A61F2/958 ,  A61M5/31

Abstract: Disclosed herein are inflators and methods of using the inflators for inflating inflatable devices, such as balloons, used in medical procedures. Such procedures include angioplasty and the transcatheter delivery of prosthetic heart valves and stents. The inflators overcome the resistances typically generated during such procedures and reduces the force required to fully inflate the balloon.

公开(公告)号：US10716691B2

公开(公告)日：2020-07-21

申请号：US15630711

申请日：2017-06-22

Applicant: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

Inventor： Tomer Saar ,  Gregory Rinberg

IPC: A61F2/95 ,  A61F2/24

Abstract: A compact crimping mechanism well-suited for use with devices such as stented prosthetic heart valves. The crimping mechanism includes a plurality of jaws configured for coordinated inward movement toward a crimping axis to reduce the size of a crimping iris around a stented valve. A rotating cam wheel acts on the jaws and displaces them inward. A number of Cartesian guide elements cooperate with the jaws to distribute forces within the crimping mechanism. The guide elements are located between the crimping jaws and an outer housing and are constrained by the outer housing for movement along lines that are tangential to a circle centered on the crimping axis. The guide elements engage at least some of the crimping jaws while the rest are in meshing engagement so as to move in synch. An actuation mechanism includes a lead screw, carriage assembly and a linkage to rotate the cam wheel with significant torque.

公开(公告)号：US20200205964A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-02

申请号：US16799741

申请日：2020-02-24

Applicant: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

Inventor： Tomer Saar ,  Michael Bukin ,  Elena Sherman ,  Alexander Barash ,  Yana Mayatskaya

IPC: A61F2/24

Abstract: An implantable prosthetic valve that is radially collapsible to a collapsed configuration and radially expandable to an expanded configuration includes an annular frame including a plurality of angled strut members, and a skirt member secured to the frame. The skirt member includes a plurality of extension portions wrapped around at least one strut member adjacent the extension portions. The prosthetic valve further includes a cord member threaded through at least a portion of the plurality of extension portions to secure the skirt member to the at least one strut member.

公开(公告)号：US10603165B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-31

申请号：US15831197

申请日：2017-12-04

Applicant: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

Inventor： David Maimon ,  Boaz Manash ,  Eyal Leiba ,  Ziv Yohanan ,  Yair A. Neumann ,  Anatoly Dvorsky ,  Jonathan Bar-Or ,  Oren Cohen ,  Ofir Witzman ,  Liron Tayeb ,  Elazar Levi Schwarcz ,  Noam Miller ,  Tomer Saar

IPC: A61F2/24

Abstract: An assembly can comprise a radially expandable and compressible annular frame, at least one linear actuator assembly coupled to the frame and at least one locking mechanism coupled to the frame. The linear actuator can be configured to apply a distally directed force and/or a proximally directed force to the frame to radially expand or compress the frame. The locking mechanism can comprise a first sleeve member connected to the frame at a first location, a second sleeve member having internal threads and being connected to the frame at a second location, and a first screw configured to engage the internal threads of the second sleeve member to retain the frame in a radially expanded state.

公开(公告)号：US10575944B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-03

申请号：US15709355

申请日：2017-09-19

Applicant: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

Inventor： Tomer Saar ,  Michael Bukin ,  Elena Sherman ,  Alexander Barash ,  Yana Mayatskaya

IPC: A61F2/24

Abstract: An implantable prosthetic valve that is radially collapsible to a collapsed configuration and radially expandable to an expanded configuration includes an annular frame including a plurality of angled strut members, and a skirt member secured to the frame. The skirt member includes a plurality of extension portions wrapped around at least one strut member adjacent the extension portions. The prosthetic valve further includes a cord member threaded through at least a portion of the plurality of extension portions to secure the skirt member to the at least one strut member.

公开(公告)号：US20190021834A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-24

申请号：US16036190

申请日：2018-07-16

Applicant: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

Inventor： Noam Nir ,  Carmel Peleg ,  Tomer Saar ,  Alexander Barash ,  David Maimon

IPC: A61F2/00 ,  A61F2/24

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a storage container for an expandable prosthetic heart valve that crimps the valve upon opening the container and removal of the valve from the container. The container includes a housing sized to receive the heart valve in its expanded configuration and a crimping mechanism. The crimping mechanism is incorporated into the container and engages the heart valve so as to operably convert the heart valve from its expanded configuration to its smaller crimped configuration upon opening the container and removing the valve.

公开(公告)号：US20180344456A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-06

申请号：US15995528

申请日：2018-06-01

Applicant: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

Inventor： Alexander Barash ,  Yair A. Neumann ,  Tomer Saar ,  Ziv Yohanan ,  Noam Nir

IPC: A61F2/24

Abstract: In one embodiment, a prosthetic valve can comprise a radially expandable and compressible frame, which can include a plurality of struts which are pivotally joined together without requiring individual rivets. In some embodiments, the struts are interwoven, and can be joined using integral hinges formed in the struts, such as by performing alternate cuts on the struts, bending the struts to form stopper tabs adjacent to joints and/or drilling holes in the struts to facilitate interconnecting struts at joints, or otherwise forming integral hinges and corresponding holes at junction points between the struts. In another embodiment, the frame comprises a plurality of inner struts and outer struts which are connected by a plurality of chains of interconnected rivets, avoiding the need to provide individual rivets at each junction between struts. In still another embodiment, separate hinges are provided to interconnect the struts. In still another embodiment, separate flanged rivets are provided to connect the struts.

公开(公告)号：US20180078367A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-22

申请号：US15709355

申请日：2017-09-19

Applicant: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

Inventor： Tomer Saar ,  Michael Bukin ,  Elena Sherman ,  Alexander Barash ,  Yana Mayatskaya

IPC: A61F2/24

Abstract: An implantable prosthetic valve that is radially collapsible to a collapsed configuration and radially expandable to an expanded configuration includes an annular frame including a plurality of angled strut members, and a skirt member secured to the frame. The skirt member includes a plurality of extension portions wrapped around at least one strut member adjacent the extension portions. The prosthetic valve further includes a cord member threaded through at least a portion of the plurality of extension portions to secure the skirt member to the at least one strut member.