SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CARDIAC VALVE REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT

• US 20150209139A1
• Filed: 04/02/2015
• Published: 07/30/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cephea Valve Technologies, Inc. (Abbott Laboratories)
• Original Assignee: Alaide Chieffo, Dan Wallace, Gary Erzberger, Juan F. Granada, Matteo Montorfano, Michael P. Corcoran
• Inventors: GRANADA, Juan F., ERZBERGER, Gary, CORCORAN, Michael P., WALLACE, Dan, MONTORFANO, Matteo, CHIEFFO, Alaide, Thaure, Thierry
• Granted Patent: US 9,554,899 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/2409 Support rings therefor, e.g. for connecting valves to tissue annuloplasty rings A61F2/2442
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/2412 with soft flexible valve members, e.g. tissue valves shaped like natural valves check valves with flexible valve members in general F16K15/14
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/2418 Scaffolds therefor, e.g. support stents
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/2427 Devices for manipulating or deploying heart valves during implantation
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/2436 Deployment by retracting a sheath
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/2439 Expansion controlled by filaments
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/9665 with additional retaining means
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2220/0008 Fixation appliances for connecting prostheses to the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2230/0065 toroidal, e.g. ring-shaped, doughnut-shaped

Abstract

A prosthetic mitral valve comprising an expandable anchor comprising a first anchor, a central portion and a second anchor; wherein the first anchor comprises a first outer frame and a second outer frame, the first outer frame comprising a plurality of first arcs joined together, and the second outer frame comprising a plurality of second arcs joined together, wherein the plurality of first arcs are out of phase relative to the plurality of second arcs when the first anchor is viewed in an end view from the first anchor to the second anchor; and a plurality of replacement leaflets secured to the expandable anchor.

Claims

1. A prosthetic mitral valve comprising:

an expandable anchor comprising a first anchor, a central portion and a second anchor, wherein the first anchor comprises a first outer frame and a second outer frame, the first outer frame comprising a plurality of first arcs joined together, and the second outer frame comprising a plurality of second arcs joined together,

wherein the plurality of first arcs are out of phase relative to the plurality of second arcs when the first anchor is viewed in an end view from the first anchor to the second anchor; and

a plurality of replacement leaflets secured to the expandable anchor.

2. The prosthetic mitral valve of claim 1, wherein the first plurality of arcs are movable relative to the second plurality of arcs.

3. The prosthetic mitral valve of claim 1, wherein the first and second outer frames are substantially circular.

4. The prosthetic mitral valve of claim 1, wherein the first and second arcs are approximately 90 degrees out of phase.

5. The prosthetic mitral valve of claim 1, wherein the proximal anchor and distal anchor are substantially parallel to one another.

6. The prosthetic mitral valve of claim 1, wherein the device is configured to foreshorten upon expansion of the proximal anchor, distal anchor, and central portion from the constrained configuration to the expanded configuration.

7. The prosthetic mitral valve of claim 1, wherein the proximal anchor and the distal anchor each have a diameter in the expanded configuration that is greater than a diameter of the central portion in the expanded configuration.

8. The prosthetic mitral valve of claim 1 wherein the second anchor comprises a plurality of arcs joined together.