Internal joint for medical devices, and methods of making the internal joint
First Claim
1. An internal joint for use in a medical device, comprising:
- an elongate inner compression member having a proximal end portion and a distal mating end, the distal mating end portion having an engaging surface;
an inner guide channel member having a first end portion, a second end portion, and defining a channel therebetween, the second end portion having an engaging surface; and
a joint comprising a melt-bonding material and comprising a melt bond that operatively couples the inner compression member distal mating end portion engaging surface and the inner guide channel member second end portion engaging surface.
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Abstract
Internal joints for medical devices such as delivery systems for stents, prosthetic valve devices, and other implantable articles inside a patient'"'"'s body, and methods of manufacturing the internal joint, are provided with an inner compression member having a distal mating end portion. A tubular inner guide channel member has first and second end portions defining a channel therebetween, the first end portion including an entry port and the second end portion including an exit port. The inner compression member distal mating end portion is implanted into the inner guide channel member second end portion between inner and outer surfaces or melt bonds to one of the inner guide channel member second end portion inner or outer surfaces. In another embodiment, the inner compression member distal mating end portion melt bonds to one of the inner guide channel member second end portion inner and outer surfaces.
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30 Claims
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1. An internal joint for use in a medical device, comprising:
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an elongate inner compression member having a proximal end portion and a distal mating end, the distal mating end portion having an engaging surface;
an inner guide channel member having a first end portion, a second end portion, and defining a channel therebetween, the second end portion having an engaging surface; and
a joint comprising a melt-bonding material and comprising a melt bond that operatively couples the inner compression member distal mating end portion engaging surface and the inner guide channel member second end portion engaging surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An internal joint for use in a medical device, comprising:
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an elongate inner compression member having a proximal end portion and a distal mating end portion, the distal mating end portion having an engaging surface;
an inner guide channel member having a first end portion, a second end portion, and defining a channel therebetween, the second end portion having inner and outer surfaces; and
the inner compression member mating end portion being implanted into the inner guide channel member second end portion between the inner guide channel member second end portion inner and outer surfaces. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A delivery apparatus for rapid insertion delivery of self-expanding devices such as stents, prosthetic valve devices, and other implantable articles inside a patient'"'"'s body, comprising:
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an elongate longitudinal flexible middle section delivery device extending intermediate a system proximal portion and a system distal portion, the middle section delivery device comprising an outer sheath and an inner compression member, the inner compression member having a distal mating end portion comprising an outer engaging surface;
an inner guide channel member arranged at the system distal portion, the inner guide channel member including a distal first end portion having an entry port and a proximal second end portion having an exit port and defining a guide channel therebetween, the inner guide channel member second end portion having inner and outer surfaces;
a joint operatively coupling the inner compression distal mating end portion and the inner guide channel member second end portion;
an outer guide channel member axially relative to the inner guide channel member, the outer guide channel member including a distal first end portion having an opening and proximal second end portion having an exit port, the first end opening and second end exit port defining a guide channel, and configured to have a stepped profile wherein the outer guide channel member comprises a first outer diameter intermediate the outer guide channel member first and second end portions and a second smaller outer diameter located at or near the outer guide channel member second end portion;
a self-expanding deployment device mounting region disposed at the system distal portion within the outer guide channel member, the mounting region including a proximal restraint, an inner guide channel member outside surface, and an outer guide channel member inner surface; and
a transition region arranged at the system distal portion proximal to the self-expanding deployment device mounting region, wherein the inner guide channel member exit port is in communication with the outer guide channel member exit port, and comprising a breech position opening located proximal to the inner guide channel member exit port. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method of making an internal joint for use in a delivery system configured for rapid insertion delivery of self-expanding devices such as stents, prosthetic valve devices, and other implantable articles inside a patient'"'"'s body, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing an elongate internal compression member having a distal mating end portion having an outer engaging surface;
providing a tubular inner guide channel member having a first end portion and a second end portion, the first end portion including an entry port and the second end portion including an exit port, the ports defining a guide channel therebetween, the inner guide channel member second end portion having inner and outer surfaces;
melting the inner guide channel member second end portion;
implanting the inner compression member distal mating end portion into the melted inner guide channel member second end portion such that the inner compression member distal mating end portion is between the inner guide channel member second end portion inner and outer surfaces, the implanted inner compression member distal mating end portion forming inner and outer contacting interfaces in the inner guide channel member second end portion, the contacting interfaces being bonded to the inner compression member distal mating end portion outer engaging surface; and
cooling the implanted inner compression member distal mating end portion and the inner guide channel member second end portion to solid state. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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