Graft prosthesis with pocket for microsystem

• US 10,441,221 B2
• Filed: 06/26/2017
• Issued: 10/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies, LLC (Cook Group Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies, LLC (Cook Group Incorporated)
• Inventors: Spindler, Ralf
• Primary Examiner(s): Sharma, Yashita
• Application Number:
  US15/633,179
• Publication Number:
  US 20180368775A1
• Time in Patent Office: 841 Days
• Field of Search: 623 11- 31, 600486
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0443 Modular apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/028 Microscale sensors, e.g. electromechanical sensors [MEMS]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0215 by means inserted into the body catheters A61M25/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/026 Measuring blood flow A61B3/1233, A61B3/1241 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/076 Permanent implantations telemetry using implanted circuitry A61B5/0031; implanted stimulators for therapy A61N1/3605, A61N1/362, A61N1/372
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14542 for measuring blood gases A61B5/14551 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4851 Prosthesis assessment or monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6862 Stents
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/06 Blood vessels
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/07 Stent-grafts
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2210/009 magnetic
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2250/0002 for data transfer
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2250/0059 temporary

Abstract

A medical device, such as a prosthesis, may include a graft material and a pocket disposed along at least one of luminal and abluminal surfaces of the graft material. The pocket may include a pocket opening leading into an enclosed cavity. The enclosed cavity may be sized to receive at least a portion of a microsystem, and the pocket may be accessible in vivo for removal of the microsystem from the pocket.

Claims

1. An implantable medical device comprising:

a tubular graft material having an abluminal surface and a luminal surface,

a pocket disposed along at least one of the luminal and abluminal surfaces of the graft material, the pocket including a pocket opening leading into an enclosed cavity, the enclosed cavity of the pocket sized to receive at least a portion of a microsystem, wherein the microsystem collects information, and wherein the pocket has an open state for retrieval of the microsystem.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the pocket is disposed along the luminal surface of the graft material.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the pocket includes a lid having a base extended from or coupled to the graft material and a lid tip disposed downstream of the base, the lid pivotable about the base between an open configuration and a closed configuration, wherein the lid tip is removably attached to the graft material with a coupling device.

4. The device of claim 3, wherein the lid includes a reinforcement band.

5. The device of claim 3, wherein the coupling device includes a lid magnet and a rim magnet, the lid magnet is coupled to the lid, and the rim magnet coupled to a pocket edge of the pocket, the rim magnet configured to magnetically couple to the lid magnet when the lid is in the closed configuration.

6. The device of claim 5, wherein the lid magnet extends beyond an edge of the lid tip and includes a grasping feature accessible outside the lid.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein a reinforcement edge band is disposed about a pocket edge that defines the pocket.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the pocket includes a magnet to couple to the microsystem when disposed within the pocket.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein the microsystem is removably attached within the pocket.

10. The device of claim 1, further comprising a second pocket disposed along the graft material.

11. The device of claim 1, wherein the pocket is defined by a cover graft layer having a proximal end securely attached to the graft material and a distal end removably attached to the graft material.

12. An implantable medical device comprising:

a tubular graft material having an abluminal surface and a luminal surface,

a pocket disposed along at least one of the luminal and abluminal surfaces of the graft material, the pocket including a pocket opening leading into an enclosed cavity, the enclosed cavity of the pocket sized to receive at least a portion of a microsystem, wherein the pocket is accessible in vivo for removal of the microsystem from the pocket,

wherein the pocket includes a lid having a base extended from or coupled to the graft material and a lid tip disposed downstream of the base, the lid pivotable about the base between an open configuration and a closed configuration, wherein the lid tip is removably attached to the graft material with a coupling device; and

a grasping feature that extends beyond the lid tip.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein the microsystem collects information.

14. The device of claim 12, wherein the pocket has an open state for retrieval of the microsystem.

15. An implantable medical device comprising:

a tubular graft material having an abluminal surface and a luminal surface,

a pocket disposed along at least one of the luminal and abluminal surfaces of the graft material, the pocket including a pocket opening leading into an enclosed cavity, the enclosed cavity of the pocket sized to receive at least a portion of a microsystem, wherein the pocket is accessible in vivo for removal of the microsystem from the pocket,

wherein the pocket includes a lid having a base extended from or coupled to the graft material and a lid tip disposed downstream of the base, the lid pivotable about the base between an open configuration and a closed configuration, wherein the lid tip is removably attached to the graft material with a coupling device; and

a grasping feature that comprises one of a radial lip, an indentation, an opening or a slot.

16. The device of claim 15, wherein the microsystem collects information.

17. The device of claim 15, wherein the pocket has an open state for retrieval of the microsystem.