Methods and apparatus for endovascularly replacing a heart valve
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    发明授权
    Methods and apparatus for endovascularly replacing a heart valve 有权
    血管内置换心脏瓣膜的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US07824442B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-11-02

    申请号:US10982692

    申请日:2004-11-05

    IPC分类号: A61F2/24

    摘要: The invention includes methods of and apparatus for endovascularly replacing a heart valve of a patient. One aspect of the invention provides a method including the steps of endovascularly delivering a replacement valve and an expandable anchor in an unexpanded configuration within a sheath to a vicinity of the heart valve; deploying the anchor from the sheath; expanding the anchor with a deployment tool comprising a plurality of actuation elements to contact tissue at an anchor site; and retrieving the anchor into the sheath. Another aspect of the invention provides apparatus including a sheath; a deployment tool comprising a plurality of anchor actuation elements; a replacement valve configured to be disposed within the sheath for delivery to a vicinity of the heart valve; and an expandable anchor configured to be disposed within the sheath for delivery to the vicinity of the heart valve, to be deployed from the sheath, to be expanded by the deployment tool to contact tissue at an anchor site and to be retrieved back into the sheath after having been expanded.

    摘要翻译: 本发明包括用于血管内置换患者心脏瓣膜的方法和装置。 本发明的一个方面提供了一种方法,包括以下步骤:血管内递送替代瓣膜和可膨胀锚固件,所述替换瓣膜和可扩张锚固件处于护套内的未膨胀构型至心脏瓣膜附近; 从护套部署锚; 使用包括多个致动元件的展开工具来扩展锚,以在锚定位置处接触组织; 并将锚固件收回到护套中。 本发明的另一方面提供了一种包括护套的装置; 包括多个锚致动元件的展开工具; 配置成设置在所述护套内用于输送到所述心脏瓣膜附近的置换瓣膜; 以及被构造成设置在所述护套内以用于输送到所述心脏瓣膜附近的可扩张锚,以从所述鞘部署,以由所述展开工具扩张以在锚定位置处接触组织并被回收到所述鞘中 在扩大后。