STENTED TRANSCATHETER PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A method of deploying a stented heart valve prosthesis to an implantation site, the method comprising:
- removably loading a stented heart valve prosthesis to a delivery device, the delivery device including;
an inner shaft,a sheath forming a lumen and a distal region,a tubular delivery capsule having a proximal zone attached to and extending from the distal region and a distal zone opposite the proximal zone,wherein the stented heart valve prosthesis is coupled to the inner shaft and is slidably received within the delivery capsule such that the delivery device retains the stented heart valve prosthesis in a collapsed arrangement;
delivering the stented heart valve prosthesis in the collapsed arrangement through a bodily lumen and to the implantation site via the delivery device;
partially proximally retracting the delivery capsule relative to the stented heart valve prosthesis such that a distal portion of the stented heart valve prosthesis is exposed distal the capsule, wherein the distal portion self-expands toward an expanded arrangement and at least a proximal portion of the stented heart valve prosthesis is retained within at least the delivery capsule in the collapsed arrangement;
evaluating a position of the stented heart valve prosthesis relative to the implantation site;
distally advancing the sheath and the capsule relative to the stented heart valve prosthesis when the evaluation indicates that the stented heart valve prosthesis is not correctly positioned, wherein the distal zone circumferentially flares about the stented heart valve prosthesis with the distal movement while simultaneously imparting a collapsing force onto a contacted region of the stented heart valve prosthesis, causing the contacted region to transition toward the collapsed arrangement; and
fully proximally retracting the delivery capsule from the stented heart valve prosthesis such that the stented heart valve prosthesis deploys from the inner shaft.
0 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A percutaneous stented valve delivery device including an inner shaft, a sheath, and a delivery capsule. The sheath slidably receives the inner shaft. A capsule proximal zone is attached to the sheath. A capsule distal zone is configured to transition between normal and flared states. A diameter of the distal zone is greater in the flared state, and the capsule includes a shape memory component that naturally assumes the normal state. The device is operable to perform a reversible partial deployment procedure in which a portion of the prosthesis is exposed distal the capsule and allowed to radially expand. Subsequently, with distal advancement of the capsule, the distal zone transitions to the flared state and imparts a collapsing force onto the prosthesis, causing the prosthesis to radially collapse and become recaptured within the delivery capsule. The capsule can include a laser cut tube encapsulated by a polymer.
-
Citations
4 Claims
-
1. A method of deploying a stented heart valve prosthesis to an implantation site, the method comprising:
-
removably loading a stented heart valve prosthesis to a delivery device, the delivery device including; an inner shaft, a sheath forming a lumen and a distal region, a tubular delivery capsule having a proximal zone attached to and extending from the distal region and a distal zone opposite the proximal zone, wherein the stented heart valve prosthesis is coupled to the inner shaft and is slidably received within the delivery capsule such that the delivery device retains the stented heart valve prosthesis in a collapsed arrangement; delivering the stented heart valve prosthesis in the collapsed arrangement through a bodily lumen and to the implantation site via the delivery device; partially proximally retracting the delivery capsule relative to the stented heart valve prosthesis such that a distal portion of the stented heart valve prosthesis is exposed distal the capsule, wherein the distal portion self-expands toward an expanded arrangement and at least a proximal portion of the stented heart valve prosthesis is retained within at least the delivery capsule in the collapsed arrangement; evaluating a position of the stented heart valve prosthesis relative to the implantation site; distally advancing the sheath and the capsule relative to the stented heart valve prosthesis when the evaluation indicates that the stented heart valve prosthesis is not correctly positioned, wherein the distal zone circumferentially flares about the stented heart valve prosthesis with the distal movement while simultaneously imparting a collapsing force onto a contacted region of the stented heart valve prosthesis, causing the contacted region to transition toward the collapsed arrangement; and fully proximally retracting the delivery capsule from the stented heart valve prosthesis such that the stented heart valve prosthesis deploys from the inner shaft. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
-
Specification