Percutaneously delivered temporary valve assembly
First Claim
1. A temporary valve system comprising:
- an elongate element; and
a temporary valve disposed on the elongate element, the temporary valve comprising struts and a membrane attached to the struts; and
the struts further comprising centering struts and flow struts.
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Abstract
The percutaneously delivered temporary valve assembly of the present invention, and method of using the same, provides an elongate element and a temporary valve disposed on the elongate element. The temporary valve can comprise struts and a membrane attached to the struts. The elongate element can include at least one lumen. The percutaneously delivered temporary valve assembly can be used to replace an aortic valve by locating a temporary valve in a patient'"'"'s ascending aorta; deploying the temporary valve; removing the native aortic valve past the temporary valve; implanting the prosthetic aortic valve past the temporary valve; collapsing the temporary valve; and removing the temporary valve from the patient. The temporary valve can be sized to the patient and can be left in place while the prosthetic aortic valve heals in.
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38 Claims
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1. A temporary valve system comprising:
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an elongate element; and a temporary valve disposed on the elongate element, the temporary valve comprising struts and a membrane attached to the struts; and the struts further comprising centering struts and flow struts. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. The temporary valve system comprising:
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a elongate element, the elongate element including at least one lumen; and an umbrella-like temporary valve having centering struts and flow struts, the umbrella-like temporary valve disposed on the elongate element. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method for replacing a native aortic valve with a prosthetic aortic valve in a patient comprising:
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providing a temporary valve assembly having an elongate element having a temporary valve disposed on the elongate element, the temporary valve comprising struts and a membrane attached to the struts; and
the struts further comprising centering struts and flow struts;sizing the temporary valve to the patient; locating the temporary valve in an ascending aorta of the patient; deploying the temporary valve; removing the native aortic valve past the temporary valve; implanting the prosthetic aortic valve past the temporary valve; collapsing the temporary valve; and removing the temporary valve from the patient. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38)
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