Implantable open vein valve
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1. A prosthetic venous valve comprising:
- a) a cylindrical base having a length greater than its diameter and a thin wall with a thickness less than about 2 mm,b) two opposed leaflets that are thinner than about 1 mm and longer than half the base diameter, wherein said leaflets extend downstream from the cylindrical base in an axial direction to an ellipsoidal opening with a luminal cross-sectional area less than a luminal cross-sectional area of the base, andc) a transition shoulder region thinner than about 3 mm in wall thickness that joins the base and the leaflets and circumscribe the cylindrical base;
wherein said prosthetic venous valve is composed of a biocompatible polymer;
wherein each valve leaflet has two major axes in the axial direction that pass through points that are maximally spaced apart on the ellipsoidal opening and two minor axes in the axial direction that pass through points that are minimally spaced apart on the ellipsoidal opening;
wherein each valve leaflet tapers uniformly along a minor axis from a thick region at the transition that joins the base and the leaflets to the leaflet tip and has a uniform thickness along a major axis from the transition that joins the base and the leaflets to the leaflet tip;
wherein said prosthetic venous valve has a backflow reflux under 160 mmHg and a forward flow resistance less than 20 mmHg*min/L; and
wherein shear rates at the base wall are restricted to between 1 S−
1 and 100,000 S−
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Abstract
The invention provides prosthetic venous valves, and method of use thereof, for the effective treatment of individuals with venous reflux in chronic venous insufficiency (CVI). The development of such prosthetic venous valves in the areas of valve design, design specifications, verification and/or validation testing, computational analysis, valve placement and clinician guidance and procedure are provided. Manufacturing the prosthetic venous valves of the invention is also provided.
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13 Claims
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1. A prosthetic venous valve comprising:
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a) a cylindrical base having a length greater than its diameter and a thin wall with a thickness less than about 2 mm, b) two opposed leaflets that are thinner than about 1 mm and longer than half the base diameter, wherein said leaflets extend downstream from the cylindrical base in an axial direction to an ellipsoidal opening with a luminal cross-sectional area less than a luminal cross-sectional area of the base, and c) a transition shoulder region thinner than about 3 mm in wall thickness that joins the base and the leaflets and circumscribe the cylindrical base; wherein said prosthetic venous valve is composed of a biocompatible polymer; wherein each valve leaflet has two major axes in the axial direction that pass through points that are maximally spaced apart on the ellipsoidal opening and two minor axes in the axial direction that pass through points that are minimally spaced apart on the ellipsoidal opening; wherein each valve leaflet tapers uniformly along a minor axis from a thick region at the transition that joins the base and the leaflets to the leaflet tip and has a uniform thickness along a major axis from the transition that joins the base and the leaflets to the leaflet tip; wherein said prosthetic venous valve has a backflow reflux under 160 mmHg and a forward flow resistance less than 20 mmHg*min/L; and wherein shear rates at the base wall are restricted to between 1 S−
1 and 100,000 S−
1. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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