Heart valve with reduced calcification

    公开(公告)号:US10966822B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-06

    申请号:US16253051

    申请日:2019-01-21

    摘要: A method for manufacturing a heart valve using bioprosthetic tissue that exhibits reduced in vivo calcification. The method includes applying a calcification mitigant such as a capping agent or an antioxidant to the tissue to specifically inhibit oxidation in tissue. Also, the method can be used to inhibit oxidation in dehydrated tissue. The capping agent suppresses the formation of binding sites in the tissue that are exposed or generated by the oxidation and otherwise would, upon implant, attract calcium, phosphate, immunogenic factors, or other precursors to calcification. In one method, tissue leaflets in assembled bioprosthetic heart valves are pretreated with an aldehyde capping agent prior to dehydration and sterilization.

    Pre-stressing and capping bioprosthetic tissue

    公开(公告)号:US10434218B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-08

    申请号:US15879339

    申请日:2018-01-24

    摘要: A treatment for bioprosthetic tissue used in implants or for assembled bioprosthetic heart valves to reduce in vivo calcification is disclosed. The method includes preconditioning, pre-stressing, or pre-damaging fixed bioprosthetic tissue in a manner that mimics the damage associated with post-implant use, while, and/or subsequently applying a calcification mitigant such as a capping agent or a linking agent to the damaged tissue. The capping agent suppresses the formation of binding sites in the tissue that are exposed or generated by the damage process (service stress) and otherwise would, upon implant, attract calcium, phosphate, immunogenic factors, or other precursors to calcification. The linking agent will act as an elastic reinforcement or shock-absorbing spring element in the tissue structure at the site of damage from the pre-stressing. In one method, tissue leaflets in assembled bioprosthetic heart valves are preconditioned by simulating actual flow conditions for a predetermined number of cycles, during or after which the valve is exposed to the capping agent.

    BIOLOGICAL TISSUE FOR SURGICAL IMPLANTATION
    7.
    发明申请
    BIOLOGICAL TISSUE FOR SURGICAL IMPLANTATION 审中-公开
    手术植入生物组织

    公开(公告)号:US20130289695A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-10-31

    申请号:US13929606

    申请日:2013-06-27

    IPC分类号: A61F2/24

    摘要: A method of treating a biological tissue that enables dry storage of said tissue is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises contacting the biological tissue with a non-aqueous treatment solution comprising a polyhydric alcohol and a C1-C3 alcohol and removing a portion of the treatment solution from the solution-treated biological tissue. Also disclosed is biological tissue prepared using the above process and prosthetic devices made with such tissue.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种处理能够干燥储存所述组织的生物组织的方法。 在一个实施方案中,该方法包括使生物组织与包含多元醇和C 1 -C 3醇的非水性处理溶液接触,并从溶液处理的生物组织中除去一部分处理溶液。 还公开了使用上述方法制备的生物组织和由这种组织制成的假体装置。

    Compressible heart valve annulus sizing templates

    公开(公告)号:US11622861B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-11

    申请号:US17645940

    申请日:2021-12-23

    IPC分类号: A61F2/24

    摘要: Compressible heart valve annulus sizing templates suitable for minimally-invasive or otherwise reduced accessibility surgeries. The sizing templates may be folded, rolled, or otherwise compressed into a reduced configuration for passage through an access tube or other such access channel. Once expelled from the access tube the sizing templates expand to their original shape for use in sizing the annulus. The templates may be formed of an elastomeric polymer material such as silicone, a highly elastic metal such as NITINOL, or both. Grasping tabs or connectors for handles permit manipulation from outside the body. A NITINOL wireform may be compressed for passage through an access tube and expelled from the distal end thereof into a cloth cover to assume a sizer shape.