Methods for rapid deployment of prosthetic heart valves
First Claim
1. A surgical method of implanting a prosthetic heart valve in a patient, comprising:
- providing a two-stage prosthetic heart valve comprising an expandable anchoring member and a valve member, the anchoring member being sized to contact a heart valve annulus in an expanded state and the valve member being configured to connect to the anchoring member;
preparing the patient for surgery by placing him/her on cardiopulmonary bypass;
creating a direct access pathway to the heart valve annulus that permits direct naked eye vision of the heart valve annulus;
delivering and expanding the anchoring member to contact the heart valve annulus; and
delivering and connecting the valve member to the anchoring member.
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Abstract
A two-stage or component-based valve prosthesis that can be quickly and easily implanted during a surgical procedure is provided. The prosthetic valve comprises a support structure that is deployed at a treatment site. The prosthetic valve further comprises a valve member configured to be quickly connected to the support structure. The support structure may take the form of a stent that is expanded at the site of a native valve. If desired, the native leaflets may remain and the stent may be used to hold the native valve open. In this case, the stent may be balloon expandable and configured to resist the powerful recoil force of the native leaflets. The support structure is provided with a coupling means for attachment to the valve member, thereby fixing the position of the valve member in the body. The valve member may be a non-expandable type, or may be expandable from a compressed state to an expanded state. The system is particularly suited for rapid deployment of heart valves in a conventional open-heart surgical environment.
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18 Claims
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1. A surgical method of implanting a prosthetic heart valve in a patient, comprising:
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providing a two-stage prosthetic heart valve comprising an expandable anchoring member and a valve member, the anchoring member being sized to contact a heart valve annulus in an expanded state and the valve member being configured to connect to the anchoring member;
preparing the patient for surgery by placing him/her on cardiopulmonary bypass;
creating a direct access pathway to the heart valve annulus that permits direct naked eye vision of the heart valve annulus;
delivering and expanding the anchoring member to contact the heart valve annulus; and
delivering and connecting the valve member to the anchoring member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A surgical method of implanting a two-stage prosthetic heart valve in a patient, comprising:
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providing an expandable anchoring member sized to contact a heart valve annulus in an expanded state;
delivering and attaching the anchoring member to the heart valve annulus;
providing a non-expandable valve member; and
delivering and connecting the valve member to the anchoring member. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A surgical method of implanting a prosthetic heart valve in a patient, comprising:
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providing a prosthetic heart valve and a separate expandable anchoring member;
providing a valve dilator/delivery tube having an exterior diameter sized to dilate a heart valve annulus;
positioning the prosthetic heart valve and anchoring member within the valve dilator/delivery tube;
advancing the valve dilator/delivery tube therewithin to the heart valve annulus;
dilating the heart valve annulus with the valve dilator/delivery tube;
expulsing the anchoring member and expanding it to contact the heart valve annulus;
expulsing the prosthetic heart valve from the valve dilator/delivery tube; and
connecting the prosthetic heart valve to the anchoring member.
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18. A method of retrofitting and rapidly implanting a conventional prosthetic heart valve in a patient, comprising:
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providing an off-the-shelf non-expandable prosthetic heart valve having a sewing ring capable of being implanted using sutures through the sewing ring in an open-heart procedure;
providing an expandable tissue anchoring member sized to contact a heart valve annulus in an expanded state;
delivering and expanding the tissue anchoring member into contact with the heart valve annulus; and
delivering and connecting the prosthetic heart valve to the tissue anchoring member.
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