Device for endovascular aortic repair and method of using the same

• US 10,028,848 B2
• Filed: 02/05/2015
• Issued: 07/24/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aortic Innovations LLC
• Original Assignee: Aortic Innovations LLC
• Inventors: Shahriari, Ali
• Primary Examiner(s): Sweet, Thomas J
• Assistant Examiner(s): Shipmon, Tiffany
• Application Number:
  US14/614,628
• Publication Number:
  US 20150157477A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,265 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/07 Stent-grafts
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/24 Heart valves ; Vascular valves, e.g. venous valves; Heart implants, e.g. passive devices for improving the function of the native valve or the heart muscle; Transmyocardial revascularisation [TMR] devices; Valves implantable in the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/2418 Scaffolds therefor, e.g. support stents
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/82 Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents stent-grafts for tubular structures of the body other than blood vessels A61F2/04; stent-grafts for blood vessels A61F2/07; instruments specially adapted for placement or removal of stents or stent-grafts A61F2/95; for closing wounds, or holding wounds closed A61B17/04 - A61B17/115; dilators A61M29/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/856 Single tubular stent with a side portal passage
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/86 Stents in a form characterised by the wire-like elements; Stents in the form characterised by a net-like or mesh-like structure
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/89 the wire-like elements comprising two or more adjacent rings flexibly connected by separate members
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/90 characterised by a net-like or mesh-like structure
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/962 having an outer sleeve
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/061 provided with means for allowing access to secondary lumens
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/067 modular
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2210/00 Particular material properties of prostheses classified in groups A61F2/00 - A61F2/26 or A61F2/82 or A61F9/00 or A61F11/00 or subgroups thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2210/0014 using shape memory or superelastic materials, e.g. nitinol
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2210/0057 stretchable
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2220/0008 Fixation appliances for connecting prostheses to the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2220/0016 with sharp anchoring protrusions, e.g. barbs, pins, spikes
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2220/0025 Connections or couplings between prosthetic parts, e.g. between modular parts; Connecting elements
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2220/0058 soldered or brazed or welded
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2220/0075 sutured, ligatured or stitched, retained or tied with a rope, string, thread, wire or cable
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2230/001 Figure-8-shaped, e.g. hourglass-shaped
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2230/0034 : D-shaped
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2230/0067 : conical
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2250/0039 : differing in diameter
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2250/0048 : differing in mechanical expandability, e.g. in mechanical, self- or balloon expandability
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2250/0069 : Sealing means

Abstract

An intraluminal vascular prosthesis assembly, having a hollow cylindrical body with a first end and a second end is provided. The assembly includes, at its first end, a first vascular prosthesis portion, and at its second end, a second vascular prosthesis portion which has only a prosthesis material. The vascular prosthesis assembly has a stent portion which is provided between the first vascular prosthesis portion and the second vascular prosthesis portion, the stent portion being free of prosthesis material to allow fluid flow therethrough and received within the aortic arch and spanning the brachiocephalic artery, left common carotid artery, and left subclavian artery when placed within the aortic arch of a patient.

Claims

1. An intraluminal vascular prosthesis assembly, having a hollow cylindrical body with a first end and a second end, comprising:

at its first end, a first vascular prosthesis portion, and

at its second end, a second vascular prosthesis portion, wherein the second vascular prosthesis portion is engaged with a graft material covering carried by the second end,

wherein the vascular prosthesis assembly has a stent portion provided between the first vascular prosthesis portion and the second vascular prosthesis portion,

wherein the stent portion is free of graft material to allow fluid flow therethrough,

wherein the stent portion defines a length on a top thereof and a length on a bottom thereof,

wherein the stent portion is received within the aortic arch and spans, but does not extend into, the brachiocephalic artery, left common carotid artery, and left subclavian artery when placed within the aortic arch of a patient, and

wherein the stent portion is configured as a single continuous unit that engages the aortic arch across the entire length of the top and entire length of the bottom of the stent portion.

2. The intraluminal vascular prosthesis assembly according to claim 1, wherein the vascular prosthesis assembly is configured for implantation in the aortic arch, wherein the vascular prosthesis assembly can be transferred from a compressed state to an expanded state, and wherein the first vascular prosthesis portion and the second vascular prosthesis portion are designed for anchoring the vascular prosthesis assembly in the aorta.

3. The intraluminal vascular prosthesis assembly according to claim 1, wherein the first vascular prosthesis portion and the stent portion are made from a self-expanding material.

4. The intraluminal vascular prosthesis assembly according to claim 1, wherein the stent portion free of graft material is released in an expanded state in the area of the aortic arch spanning the brachiocephalic artery, left common carotid artery, and left subclavian artery.

5. The intraluminal vascular prosthesis assembly according to claim 1, wherein the stent portion is a braided wire frame.

6. The intraluminal vascular prosthesis assembly according to claim 1, wherein the stent portion defines a gridded pattern formed from a metal frame.

7. The intraluminal vascular prosthesis assembly according to claim 1, wherein the second vascular prosthesis portion comprises wire frame material for supporting the vascular prosthesis portion.

8. The intraluminal vascular prosthesis assembly according to claim 1, wherein the second vascular prosthesis portion defines a tapered portion for adjusting a diameter of the first vascular prosthesis.

9. The intraluminal vascular prosthesis assembly according to claim 1, wherein the first vascular prosthesis portion is configured for engaging with a stent member placed in the aorta.

10. The intraluminal vascular prosthesis assembly according to claim 1, wherein the second vascular prosthesis portion is configured for engaging with a stent member placed in the aorta.

11. The intraluminal vascular prosthesis assembly according to claim 1, wherein the second vascular prosthesis portion is configured for engaging the ascending aorta.

21. The intraluminal vascular prosthesis according to claim 1, wherein a second prosthetic component is secured to a proximal end of the second vascular prosthesis portion in the patient'"'"'s aorta, and a proximal section of the second prosthetic component is in engagement with the aortic annulus of the patient'"'"'s aorta such that a valve element secured to the proximal section is positioned in the aortic annulus proximal to the coronary arteries.

12. A method comprising:

providing an intraluminal vascular prosthesis assembly having a hollow cylindrical body with a first end and a second end, comprising;

a first vascular prosthesis portion at the first end, and

a second vascular prosthesis portion at the second end, wherein the second vascular prosthesis portion is engaged with a graft material covering carried by the second end;

wherein the vascular prosthesis assembly has a stent portion provided between the first vascular prosthesis portion and the second vascular prosthesis portion;

wherein the stent portion is free of graft material to allow fluid flow therethrough,

wherein the stent portion defines a length on a top thereof and a length on a bottom thereof,

positioning the first vascular prosthesis portion proximal to or within the descending aorta and the second vascular prosthesis portion within the ascending aorta such that the stent portion spans, but does not extend into, the brachiocephalic artery, left common carotid artery, and left subclavian artery of a patient,

wherein the stent portion is configured as a single continuous unit that engages the aortic arch across the entire length of the top and the entire length of the bottom of the stent portion.

13. The method according to claim 12, comprising inflating the prosthesis assembly from a compressed state to an expanded state in the area of the aortic arch spanning the brachiocephalic artery, left common carotid artery, and left subclavian artery.

14. The method according to claim 12, wherein the vascular prosthesis portion is supported by self-expanding stents.

15. The method according to claim 12, wherein the stent portion is a braided wire frame.

16. The method according to claim 12, wherein the stent portion defines a gridded pattern formed from a metal frame.

17. The method according to claim 12, comprising engaging the first vascular prosthesis portion to a stent member placed in the aorta.

18. The method according to claim 12, wherein the second vascular prosthesis portion is configured for engaging with a stent member placed in the aorta.

19. The method according to claim 12, wherein the second vascular prosthesis portion is configured for engaging the ascending aorta.

20. The method according claim 12, wherein the second vascular prosthesis portion comprises wire frame material for supporting the vascular prosthesis portion.

22. The method according to claim 12, including securing a second prosthetic component to a proximal end of the second vascular prosthesis portion in the patient'"'"'s aorta, and expanding a proximal section of the second prosthetic component into engagement with the aortic annulus of the patient'"'"'s aorta such that a valve element secured to the proximal section is positioned in the aortic annulus proximal to the coronary arteries.

23. The method according to claim 12, wherein the stent portion free of graft material is formed from a continuous wire frame material.

24. The method according to claim 12, wherein the intraluminal vascular prosthesis is free of a valve element.

25. The method according to claim 12, wherein the intraluminal vascular prosthesis has a generally same diameter along an entire length thereof when positioned within the aorta.

26. The method according to claim 12, wherein the stent portion is made from a self-expanding material.

27. An intraluminal vascular prosthesis assembly, having a hollow cylindrical body with a first end and a second end, comprising:

at its first end, a first vascular prosthesis portion, and

at its second end, a second vascular prosthesis portion,

wherein the vascular prosthesis assembly has a stent portion provided between the first vascular prosthesis portion and the second vascular prosthesis portion,

wherein the stent portion is free of graft material along an entire length thereof to allow fluid flow therethrough,

wherein the second vascular prosthesis portion is engaged with a graft material covering carried by the second end,

wherein the stent portion defines a length on a top thereof and a length on a bottom thereof,

wherein the stent portion is received within the aortic arch and spans, but does not extend into, spanning the brachiocephalic artery, left common carotid artery, and left subclavian artery when placed within the aortic arch of a patient, and

wherein the stent portion is configured as a single continuous unit that engages the aortic arch across the entire length of the top and entire length of the bottom of the stent portion.