Vascular valve with removable support component
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1. A vascular valve device, comprising:
- an artificial valve for deployment within a vascular passage, the artificial valve including flexible material and at least one frame element;
said frame element adapted for removal after deployment of said artificial valve in the vessel; and
said artificial valve device configured to provide a valve function after removal of said frame element.
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Abstract
Described are vascular valve devices having valve elements formed of flexible material and at least one removable frame element. Also described are methods for using such devices in the vascular system and in particular in the venous system to treat venous insufficiency.
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30 Claims
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1. A vascular valve device, comprising:
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an artificial valve for deployment within a vascular passage, the artificial valve including flexible material and at least one frame element;
said frame element adapted for removal after deployment of said artificial valve in the vessel; and
said artificial valve device configured to provide a valve function after removal of said frame element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for providing a valve device in a vascular passage, comprising:
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deploying within said passage an artificial valve device including a flexible material and at least one frame element removable after said deploying; and
removing said frame element so as to leave said artificial valve device within said vascular passage absent said frame element. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. An artificial medical valve device, comprising:
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at least one leaflet formed with a flexible material, said leaflet having an edge for contacting a wall of a bodily passage upon deployment of said valve device in the bodily passage;
means along said edge for attaching said edge to the wall of the bodily passage; and
at least one frame element arranged along said edge, said frame element configured to force said edge against the wall for attachment upon deployment of the device, said frame element removable after said deployment.
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30. A medical device for delivery of a flexible material into a vascular passage, comprising:
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a flexible material;
aat least one frame element carrying said flexible material; and
said at least one frame element adapted for removal after deployment of said device in the vessel.
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