Transcatheter system and method for regulating flow of fluid between two anatomical compartments

• US 10,130,742 B2
• Filed: 03/17/2015
• Issued: 11/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nuheart AS
• Original Assignee: Nuheart AS
• Inventors: Tuseth, Vegard
• Primary Examiner(s): Prebilic, Paul
• Application Number:
  US15/112,401
• Publication Number:
  US 20160375186A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,344 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/00234 for minimally invasive surgery A61B17/0218, A61B17/0469, A61B17/12013, A61B17/1285, A61B17/29, A61B17/320016 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/11 for performing anastomosis; Buttons for anastomosis
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/3468 for implanting or removing devices, e.g. prostheses, implants, seeds, wires devices for implanting seeds A61M37/0069
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/3478 Endoscopic needles, e.g. for infusion biopsy needles A61B10/0233; catheters with injection needles A61M25/0067
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00243 cardiac
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00247 Making holes in the wall of the heart, e.g. laser Myocardial revascularization
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00252 for by-pass connections, i.e. connections from heart chamber to blood vessel or from blood vessel to blood vessel
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00685 Archimedes screw
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00867 shape memory effect for prostheses A61F2210/0014
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00876 magnetic
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/1107 for blood vessels
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/1139 Side-to-side connections, e.g. shunt or X-connections
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/3488 Fixation to inner organ or inner body tissue
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2025/0681 Systems with catheter and outer tubing, e.g. sheath, sleeve or guide tube
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/8243 by induction
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/04 in the body, e.g. expansible A61M25/10, A61M16/0488 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/0662 Guide tubes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/09 Guide wires
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 27/002 Implant devices for drainage of body fluids from one part of the body to another intraocular A61F9/00781; middle ear A61F11/202
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 27/006 Cerebrospinal drainage; Accessories therefor, e.g. valves
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 29/00 : Dilators with or without means for introducing media, e.g. remedies instruments for performing visual medical inspections of cavities or tubes of the body A61B1/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 60/148 : in line with a blood vessel using resection or like techniques, e.g. permanent endovascular heart assist devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 60/152 : branching on and drawing blood from a blood vessel
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 60/165 : implantable in, on, or around the heart
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 60/17 : inside a ventricle, e.g. intraventricular balloon pumps
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 60/216 : including a rotating member acting on the blood, e.g. impeller
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 60/489 : the force acting on the actuation means being magnetic
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 60/508 : Electronic control means, e.g. for feedback regulation
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 60/806 : Vanes or blades
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 60/857 : Implantable blood tubes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 60/861 : Connections or anchorings for connecting or anchoring pumps or pumping devices to parts of the patient's body
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 60/876 : Implantable batteries

Abstract

The present invention relates to a transcatheter method for providing fluid communication between two anatomical compartments. The present invention also relates to a transcatheter system comprising an intracorporeal connector for fluid communication between two anatomical compartments through at least one anatomical wall, wherein said connector is adapted to receive a flow regulating device, a connector, a flow regulating device and an insertion device.

Claims

1. A transcatheter method for providing fluid communication between two anatomical compartments separated by at least one anatomical wall, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) puncturing the wall(s) separating the compartments;

(b) inserting an intracorporeal connector through the puncture(s); and

(c) intracorporeally coupling an intracorporeal flow regulating device to the intracorporeal connector,

wherein the intracorporeal flow regulating device includes means for securing the intracorporeal flow regulating device to the intracorporeal connector.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the anatomical compartments are separated by two anatomical walls.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising the step of pushing the two anatomical walls into contact prior to the puncture step (a) using the insertion device.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the intracorporeal connector is inserted in a collapsed state.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of securing the connector to the anatomical wall(s).

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of securing the flow regulating device to the connector.

7. The method according to claim 1 wherein one or both compartments are compartments of the circulatory system.