Valve stent used safely and valve replacement device having the same

• US 10,537,427 B2
• Filed: 09/26/2017
• Issued: 01/21/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Venus Medtech (Hangzhou), Inc.
• Original Assignee: Venus Medtech (Hangzhou), Inc.
• Inventors: Zeng, Frank, Lo, Larry, Qi, Jess
• Primary Examiner(s): Lopez, Leslie
• Application Number:
  US15/715,961
• Publication Number:
  US 20180049871A1
• Time in Patent Office: 847 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/2418 Scaffolds therefor, e.g. support stents
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2210/0014 using shape memory or superelastic materials, e.g. nitinol
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2230/001 Figure-8-shaped, e.g. hourglass-shaped
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2230/005 Rosette-shaped, e.g. star-shaped
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2230/0078 hyperboloidal
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2250/0026 differing in surface structures
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2250/0039 differing in diameter

Abstract

The present invention provides a valve stent used safely comprising a supporting net frame, and a flared section connected to an end of the supporting net frame; wherein the flared section is connected to all end nodes located at a corresponding side of the supporting net frame, the flared section is grid shaped, and a number of intersection points of the grids decreases along an axial direction away from the supporting net frame. The present invention also provides a valve replacement device comprising an above valve stent and a prosthesis valve fixed inside the supporting net frame.

Claims

1. A valve stent, comprising:

a supporting net frame having a plurality of grids, with each grid defined by a plurality of struts connected together at nodes, the supporting net frame having opposing first and second frame ends, and with the nodes at each frame end being defined as end nodes; and

a flared section connected to the first frame end of the supporting net frame, wherein the flared section comprises a plurality of supporting bars and a plurality of guiding bars;

wherein each supporting bar has a first supporting bar end and the first supporting bar ends of two adjacent supporting bars are connected to one of the end nodes;

wherein each guiding bar has opposing first and second guiding bar ends, with each first guiding bar end connected to a first one of the end nodes adjacent to a second one of the end nodes where two first supporting bar ends are connected, and each second guiding bar end is connected to a part of the adjacent supporting bar at a location spaced apart from the first supporting bar end;

wherein each supporting bar has a second supporting bar end that is connected to a second supporting bar end of another one of the plurality of supporting bars, and

wherein the another one of the plurality of supporting bars is different from the supporting bar to which the supporting bar'"'"'s first supporting bar end shares an end node.

2. The valve stent of claim 1, wherein the plurality of supporting bars are curved, and the plurality of curved supporting bars defines an outer rim of the flared section.

3. The valve stent of claim 1, wherein each end node is directly connected to one of the plurality of supporting bars or indirectly connected to one of the plurality of supporting bars via one of the plurality of guiding bars.

4. The valve stent of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of guiding bars is curved and has at least one inflection point.

5. The valve stent of claim 4, wherein each guiding bar is formed by two arc sections and the at least one inflection point comprises a first inflection point.

6. The valve stent of claim 5, wherein the supporting net frame has a central axis, each guiding bar has an extension direction from the first guiding bar end through the first inflection point to the second guiding bar end, and wherein for each guiding bar, there is a first connecting line between the first guiding bar end and where the guiding bar meets the first inflection point that gradually deviates away from the central axis of the supporting net frame along the extension direction.

7. The valve stent of claim 6, wherein an included angle of the first connecting line of each guiding bar and the central axis of the supporting net frame ranges from 30 degrees to 90 degrees.

8. The valve stent of claim 6, wherein an included angle of the first connecting line of each guiding bar and the central axis of the supporting net frame ranges from 45 degrees to 60 degrees.

9. The valve stent of claim 6, wherein for each guiding bar, there is a second connecting line between the second guiding bar end and where the guiding bar meets the first inflection point that extends gradually towards the central axis of the supporting net frame along the extension direction.

10. The valve stent of claim 9, wherein an included angle of the first connecting line and the second connecting line ranges from 90 degrees to 180 degrees.

11. The valve stent of claim 9, wherein an included angle of the first connecting line and the second connecting line ranges from 100 degrees to 150 degrees.

12. The valve stent of claim 1, wherein a first acute angle is formed between each guiding bar and a respective one of the plurality of supporting bars.

13. The valve stent of claim 12, wherein the first acute angle ranges from 10 degrees to 60 degrees.

14. The valve stent of claim 1, wherein the supporting net frame has a central axis, each supporting bar has a second inflection point and has an extension direction from its first supporting bar end through the second inflection point to its second supporting bar end, and wherein each of the supporting bars first deviates gradually away from the central axis of the supporting net frame along the extension direction from the first supporting bar end to the second inflection point, and then extends towards the central axis of the supporting net frame from the second inflection point to the second supporting bar end.

15. The valve stent of claim 14, wherein for each supporting bar, there is a line between the first supporting bar end and the second inflection point, and an included angle between the line and the central axis of the supporting net frame ranges from 30 degrees to 60 degrees.

16. The valve stent of claim 1, wherein the supporting net frame comprises a blood inlet for allowing blood to flow in, and a blood outlet opposite to the blood inlet, and the blood outlet is the first frame end of the supporting net frame.

17. The valve stent of claim 1, wherein the supporting net frame comprises a transition section between the first and the second frame ends, and wherein a ratio of an axial length of the transition section before being compressed to an axial length of the transition section after being compressed is 1.

18. A valve replacement device, comprising the valve stent of claim 1;

and a prosthesis valve attached inside the supporting net frame.

19. The valve replacement device of claim 18, wherein the valve stent is a pulmonary valve stent.