Apparatus and methods for valve repair
First Claim
1. Heart valve prosthesis for placement in a valve of a patient'"'"'s heart, said valve prosthesis comprising a surgical implant including a curved member and a skirt, said curved member having first and second ends and being adapted to form a partial ring along a portion of one of the valve annulae in the patient'"'"'s heart, and said skirt extending along said curved member and depending therefrom.
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Abstract
A valve implant or prosthesis includes a skirt or prosthetic valve leaflet configured to cover one of the leaflets of the valve to be repaired in a patient'"'"'s heart. In one embodiment, a heart valve prosthesis includes a curved member and a skirt. The curved member can have first and second ends and be adapted to form a partial ring along a portion of one of the valve annulae in the patient'"'"'s heart. Alternatively, the curved member can form a full ring that is adapted to extend along the entire valve annulus. The skirt extends along the curved member and depends therefrom. This prosthesis is especially useful in treating mitral valve insufficiency. In this case, the skirt can be configured so that when the prosthesis is secured to the mitral valve along the mitral valve annulus, the skirt covers the posterior leaflet and the opposed edges of the skirt and the anterior leaflet coapt. In addition, when the curved member is secured to the posterior portion of the mitral valve annulus, further annulus dilation can be minimized or eliminated. Implant delivery apparatus is provided for rapid implant delivery and securement to the valve.
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32 Claims
- 1. Heart valve prosthesis for placement in a valve of a patient'"'"'s heart, said valve prosthesis comprising a surgical implant including a curved member and a skirt, said curved member having first and second ends and being adapted to form a partial ring along a portion of one of the valve annulae in the patient'"'"'s heart, and said skirt extending along said curved member and depending therefrom.
- 10. Heart valve prosthesis for placement in a valve of a patient'"'"'s heart, said valve prosthesis comprising a surgical implant including a closed ring shaped member and a skirt, said ring shaped member being adapted to form a ring along one of the valve annulae in the patient'"'"'s heart, and said skirt extending along at least a portion of said ring shaped member and depending therefrom.
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19. Heart valve delivery apparatus for placing heart valve prosthesis in a patient'"'"'s heart, said apparatus comprising:
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a delivery device comprising a plurality of tube pairs arranged to support said heart valve prosthesis; and
a plurality of self-closing clips, each clip having an open configuration and a closed configuration and first and second piercing ends, each clip being ejectably mounted to one of said tube pairs with a first portion of the clip slidably positioned in one tube of the tube pair and a second portion slidably positioned in the other tube of the tube pair so that the first clip piercing end can be ejected from said one tube of the tube pair and said second piercing end can be ejected from said other tube of the tube pair. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. Heart valve repair apparatus for placing heart valve prosthesis in a patient'"'"'s heart, said apparatus comprising:
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heart valve prosthesis comprising a prosthetic valve leaflet and a member supporting said leaflet; and
delivery apparatus comprising a support for said valve prosthesis and a plurality of clips ejectably mounted to said delivery apparatus support, each clip having two piercing tips extending into said member supporting said leaflet. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method for delivering heart valve prosthesis comprising:
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providing heart valve prosthesis having a curved member and a skirt extending therefrom and a plurality of self-closing clips, each having two pointed ends, and an open configuration and a closed configuration;
securing the curved member to said plurality of self-closing clips with the two pointed ends of each clip penetrated into the curved member;
placing the curved member on the mitral valve annulus of a patient'"'"'s heart;
ejecting all of the clips simultaneously to penetrate into the mitral valve annulus and move toward their closed configuration to secure the heart valve prosthesis to the valve annulus. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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Specification