SELF-GROWING HEART VALVES
    1.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220008233A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-13

    申请号:US17485239

    申请日:2021-09-24

    Abstract: Described herein are artificial valves that have a frame and leaflets that grow or expand with a patient. Upon placing the valve inside the patient, the valve expands as the annulus of the patient expands. The frame of the valve is configured to expand which in turn causes the leaflets to expand (e.g., to grow). The valve includes a thin undulating wire embedded inside the leaflets. As the annulus of the patient grows, the frame expands, and as the frame expands, the leaflets grow. The growth or expansion of the leaflets is configured so that the valve continues to operate properly (e.g., the leaflets continue to coapt) with expansion of the annulus. The change in size of the valve can be configured to accommodate changes in size of the annulus from an infant or child to an adult.

    RADIALLY SELF-EXPANDING STENTS
    2.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220323245A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-13

    申请号:US17850116

    申请日:2022-06-27

    Inventor: Nima V. Nia

    Abstract: Described herein are radially self-expanding stents. The disclosed stents can be used to widen arteries and/or veins of a patient to counteract or combat narrowing of the arteries and/or veins associated with certain congenital diseases, such as aortic coarctation. As an example, the disclosed stents are configured to be placed at or near a narrowed portion of the aorta where the stent produces a radial outward force on the aorta. The radial force produced by the stent widens the aorta and causes the stent to expand with the aorta. The disclosed stents can be crimped to relatively small sizes for placement in small patients (e.g., less than about 10 kg in size) and can be configured to expand to widen the aorta and to accommodate growth in the patient.

    RADIALLY SELF-EXPANDING STENTS
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200306067A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-01

    申请号:US16686673

    申请日:2019-11-18

    Inventor: Nima V. Nia

    Abstract: Described herein are radially self-expanding stents. The disclosed stents can be used to widen arteries and/or veins of a patient to counteract or combat narrowing of the arteries and/or veins associated with certain congenital diseases, such as aortic coarctation. As an example, the disclosed stents are configured to be placed at or near a narrowed portion of the aorta where the stent produces a radial outward force on the aorta. The radial force produced by the stent widens the aorta and causes the stent to expand with the aorta. The disclosed stents can be crimped to relatively small sizes for placement in small patients (e.g., less than about 10 kg in size) and can be configured to expand to widen the aorta and to accommodate growth in the patient.

    Radially self-expanding stents
    5.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11559415B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-24

    申请号:US16686673

    申请日:2019-11-18

    Inventor: Nima V. Nia

    Abstract: Described herein are radially self-expanding stents. The disclosed stents can be used to widen arteries and/or veins of a patient to counteract or combat narrowing of the arteries and/or veins associated with certain congenital diseases, such as aortic coarctation. As an example, the disclosed stents are configured to be placed at or near a narrowed portion of the aorta where the stent produces a radial outward force on the aorta. The radial force produced by the stent widens the aorta and causes the stent to expand with the aorta. The disclosed stents can be crimped to relatively small sizes for placement in small patients (e.g., less than about 10 kg in size) and can be configured to expand to widen the aorta and to accommodate growth in the patient.

    RADIALLY SELF-EXPANDING STENTS
    7.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230149193A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-18

    申请号:US18157735

    申请日:2023-01-20

    Inventor: Nima V. Nia

    CPC classification number: A61F2/93 A61F2/90 A61F2/915 A61F2002/825

    Abstract: Described herein are radially self-expanding stents. The disclosed stents can be used to widen arteries and/or veins of a patient to counteract or combat narrowing of the arteries and/or veins associated with certain congenital diseases, such as aortic coarctation. As an example, the disclosed stents are configured to be placed at or near a narrowed portion of the aorta where the stent produces a radial outward force on the aorta. The radial force produced by the stent widens the aorta and causes the stent to expand with the aorta. The disclosed stents can be crimped to relatively small sizes for placement in small patients (e.g., less than about 10 kg in size) and can be configured to expand to widen the aorta and to accommodate growth in the patient.

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