Percutaneously delivered temporary valve Assembly
First Claim
1. A temporary valve system comprising:
- an elongate element; and
a temporary valve disposed on the elongate element, the temporary valve comprising struts and a membrane attached to the struts.
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Abstract
The percutaneously delivered temporary valve assembly of the present invention, and method of using the same, provides an elongate element and a temporary valve disposed on the elongate element. The temporary valve can comprise struts and a membrane attached to the struts. The elongate element can include at least one lumen. The percutaneously delivered temporary valve assembly can be used to replace an aortic valve by locating a temporary valve in a patient'"'"'s ascending aorta; deploying the temporary valve; removing the native aortic valve past the temporary valve; implanting the prosthetic aortic valve past the temporary valve; collapsing the temporary valve; and removing the temporary valve from the patient. The temporary valve can be sized to the patient and can be left in place while the prosthetic aortic valve heals in.
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1. A temporary valve system comprising:
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an elongate element; and
a temporary valve disposed on the elongate element, the temporary valve comprising struts and a membrane attached to the struts. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A temporary valve system comprising:
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an elongate element, the elongate element including at least one lumen; and
an umbrella-like temporary valve, the umbrella-like temporary valve disposed on the elongate element. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method for replacing a native aortic valve with a prosthetic aortic valve in a patient comprising:
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providing a temporary valve assembly having a temporary valve;
sizing the temporary valve to the patient;
locating the temporary valve in an ascending aorta of the patient;
deploying the temporary valve;
removing the native aortic valve past the temporary valve;
implanting the prosthetic aortic valve past the temporary valve;
collapsing the temporary valve; and
removing the temporary valve from the patient. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39)
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40. A method for replacing a native aortic valve with a prosthetic aortic valve in a patient comprising:
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providing a temporary valve assembly having a temporary valve;
locating the temporary valve in an ascending aorta of the patient;
deploying the temporary valve;
removing the native aortic valve past the temporary valve;
implanting the prosthetic aortic valve past the temporary valve;
collapsing the temporary valve; and
removing the temporary valve from the patient after the prosthetic aortic valve heals in.
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