Filter apparatus for ostium of left atrial appendage
First Claim
1. A method of filtering the flow of blood between an atrium and a left atrial appendage of a patient comprising:
- providing a filtering membrane having a permeable structure which allows blood to flow through the filtering membrane but substantially inhibits thrombus from passing therethrough, and a support structure attached to the filtering membrane configured to permanently engage a portion of an ostium and an interior wall of the left atrial appendage, the support structure comprises a plurality of struts extending radially outward from a proximal ring and having a plurality of barbs disposed on and extending outward from the plurality of struts, wherein the plurality of barbs are distal to the proximal ring, the filtering membrane permeable structure having a concave shape and defining a cavity having a distally facing opening, and wherein a proximal portion of the plurality of struts is disposed in the cavity;
positioning the filtering membrane across the ostium by permanently engaging the portion of the interior wall of the left atrial appendage with the support structure; and
filtering blood flow through the ostium with the filtering membrane while thrombus is substantially inhibited from passing therethrough.
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Abstract
Apparatus for permanent placement across an ostium of a left atrial appendage in a patient, which includes a filtering membrane configured to extend across the ostium of the left atrial appendage. The filtering membrane has a permeable structure which allows blood to flow through but substantially inhibits thrombus from passing therethrough. The apparatus also includes a support structure attached to the filtering membrane which retains the filtering membrane in position across the ostium of the left atrial appendage by permanently engaging a portion of the interior wall of the left atrial appendage. The support structure may be radially expandable from a first configuration to a second configuration which engages the ostium or the interior wall of the left atrial appendage. The filtering membrane may define an opening therethrough that is configured to expand from a first size which inhibits the passage of thrombus therethrough to a second size which allows an interventional device, e.g., an expansion balloon, to pass therethrough, and wherein the opening is resiliently biased towards the first size.
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8 Claims
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1. A method of filtering the flow of blood between an atrium and a left atrial appendage of a patient comprising:
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providing a filtering membrane having a permeable structure which allows blood to flow through the filtering membrane but substantially inhibits thrombus from passing therethrough, and a support structure attached to the filtering membrane configured to permanently engage a portion of an ostium and an interior wall of the left atrial appendage, the support structure comprises a plurality of struts extending radially outward from a proximal ring and having a plurality of barbs disposed on and extending outward from the plurality of struts, wherein the plurality of barbs are distal to the proximal ring, the filtering membrane permeable structure having a concave shape and defining a cavity having a distally facing opening, and wherein a proximal portion of the plurality of struts is disposed in the cavity; positioning the filtering membrane across the ostium by permanently engaging the portion of the interior wall of the left atrial appendage with the support structure; and filtering blood flow through the ostium with the filtering membrane while thrombus is substantially inhibited from passing therethrough. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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