Heart valve treatment device and method
First Claim
1. A heart valve therapeutic device configured to be implanted in a patient having a heart and a native heart valve, the heart valve therapeutic device comprising:
- a prosthetic valve comprising a plurality of prosthetic leaflets configured to allow blood to flow through the prosthetic valve; and
a support comprising an elongate anchor having a proximal region and a distal region, the support coupled at the distal region to the prosthetic valve and configured to extend from the distal region out of the heart into a blood vessel coupled to the heart, the support configured to suspend and maintain the prosthetic valve across the native heart valve without anchoring to either an atrial wall or a ventricular wall of the heart.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A heart valve therapeutic device (1) has an elongate anchor (7) wherein the anchor has a stiffness to hold its shape and location to support the valve element. The anchor may have a stylet or a shaped or stiff collar (70) arranged to provide a desired shape to the anchor (7) and it may be lockable. A prosthetic valve element (15) has leaflets (17) and is supported on the anchor by coupler (16, 50) at a desired location. There is an actuator for changing relative axial position of the proximal and distal couplers (16, 50) on the anchor. The anchor stiffness may be sufficient to provide sufficient support to resist axial forces from the ventricle in use without necessarily having a fixing element engaging heart tissue. The prosthetic leaflets (240) may extend proximally and radially outwardly, so that there is excellent co-apting of the native leaflets (NL) against the prosthetic leaflets (240).
143 Citations
21 Claims
-
1. A heart valve therapeutic device configured to be implanted in a patient having a heart and a native heart valve, the heart valve therapeutic device comprising:
-
a prosthetic valve comprising a plurality of prosthetic leaflets configured to allow blood to flow through the prosthetic valve; and a support comprising an elongate anchor having a proximal region and a distal region, the support coupled at the distal region to the prosthetic valve and configured to extend from the distal region out of the heart into a blood vessel coupled to the heart, the support configured to suspend and maintain the prosthetic valve across the native heart valve without anchoring to either an atrial wall or a ventricular wall of the heart. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
-
-
16. A method of repairing a native heart valve of a heart, the method comprising:
-
introducing a prosthetic valve across the native heart valve, the prosthetic valve comprising a plurality of prosthetic leaflets configured to allow blood to flow through the prosthetic valve; and anchoring the prosthetic valve using an elongate anchor coupled to the prosthetic valve such that the prosthetic valve is suspended and maintained across the native heart valve without anchoring to either an atrial wall or a ventricular wall of the heart. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
-
Specification