Collapsible vessel sleeve implant
First Claim
1. An implantable collapsible tubular sleeve for implanting inside a live tissue fluid vessel, said sleeve comprising an open-ended generally cylindrical body portion being flexible and collapsible, a pair of resilient and substantially circular stiffening members positioned and integral with said sleeve at opposite annular ends of said body, a pair of longitudinal stiffening members extending parallel to a central axis of said sleeve, each member having one end attached to a body portion of the sleeve and opposite ends overlapping and loosely extending from a middle portion of said body for adjusting the length of said sleeve, and means for positioning and erecting said sleeve in said live tissue fluid vessel.
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Abstract
An implantable collapsible tubular sleeve for implanting inside a live tissue fluid vessel and system, the sleeve ends each including a collapsible circular stent or annular balloon affixed thereto. A pair of linear stiffeners are each attached to opposite sleeve exterior sides, in longitudinal orientation, and the sleeve is adapted to be collapsed and maintained in that collapsed state to be fed along the patients'"'"'s femoral artery and into position within an abdominal or throacic aorta, spanning an aortic aneurysm. A capsule band is wound around to maintain the collapsed sleeve for travel to the aneurysm, and it is maneuvered through the femoral artery on a guide wire by means of a catheter. At the aneurysm the capsule band is removed and the sleeve released, forming its cylindrical configuration. The circular stents or annular balloons at the sleeve ends can be adjusted to be perpendicular to the aorta axis and are urged into the graft wall into sealing engagement with the aorta lumen. After positioning, sleeve implant may be stabilized utilizing a tacking system operated from within the graft, to drive barbed ends of tacks through the sleeve inner wall and into the artery wall. The tacking system is operated by pulling an erecting ball between flexing arms, the arms pivoting outwardly to drive barbed ended tack releasably mounted thereto through the sleeve to lodge in the aorta wall, which barbed end tacks are then released from the flexing arms.
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29 Claims
- 1. An implantable collapsible tubular sleeve for implanting inside a live tissue fluid vessel, said sleeve comprising an open-ended generally cylindrical body portion being flexible and collapsible, a pair of resilient and substantially circular stiffening members positioned and integral with said sleeve at opposite annular ends of said body, a pair of longitudinal stiffening members extending parallel to a central axis of said sleeve, each member having one end attached to a body portion of the sleeve and opposite ends overlapping and loosely extending from a middle portion of said body for adjusting the length of said sleeve, and means for positioning and erecting said sleeve in said live tissue fluid vessel.
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10. A system for maintaining an implantable collapsible tubular sleeve inside a live tissue fluid vessel comprising, a tacking system for mounting on an end of a catheter wherein a draw wire is fitted to slide longitudinally within said catheter;
- a draw rod and connected erecting means, said erecting means having a curved surface outwardly from its connection to said draw rod mounted to an end of said draw wire;
at least a pair of flexing arm means that are individually pivotally mounted on one end of said catheter end that is positioned within an implantable collapsible tubular sleeve having means for maintaining longitudinal stiffening of said sleeve, said means extending parallel to said sleeve central longitudinal axis to receive said erecting means curved surface between which flexing arms, with each flexing arm releasably maintaining a tack means extending outwardly from its opposite end;
a tack means having a broad head on one end of a straight shaft with a pointed barbed end as the other shaft end; and
means for releasably maintaining said tack, pointed barbed end pointing outwardly from each said flexing arm means. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
- a draw rod and connected erecting means, said erecting means having a curved surface outwardly from its connection to said draw rod mounted to an end of said draw wire;
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16. An implantable collapsible sleeve system comprising a sleeve, for implanting inside a live tissue fluid vessel, having an open-ended, generally cylindrical body portion being flexible and collapsible, and a pair of resilient and substantially circular stiffening members positioned and fixed to opposite annular ends of said sleeve;
- a guide wire extending through said body portion;
a catheter positioned to slide on said guide wire through the interior of said cylindrical body portion a flexible wrapping having one end fixed to said catheter adjacent said one end of the body portion and an opposite end of said flexible wrapping fixed to said guide wire adjacent said opposite end of said body portion, said flexible wrapping mounted to slide over said guide wire and spirally wrapping around said body portion before being fixed to said opposite end of said body portion, and means for maintaining said sleeve at a site within a live tissue vessel. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
- a guide wire extending through said body portion;
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