INTRAVASCULAR MEDICAL DEVICE

• US 20070185566A1
• Filed: 10/20/2006
• Published: 08/09/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Medical University of South Carolina (State of South Carolina)
• Original Assignee: Medical University of South Carolina (State of South Carolina)
• Inventors: Kratz, John, Khitin, Lev
• Application Number:
  US11/551,255
• Publication Number:
  US 20070185566A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 623/1.360
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/0057 Implements for plugging an opening in the wall of a hollow or tubular organ, e.g. for sealing a vessel puncture or closing a cardiac septal defect sutures A61B17/04; closing rectum or urethra near body surface A61F2/0009
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/04 for suturing wounds; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials suture materials A61L17/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00557 inflatable A61B2017/22051 takes precedence

Abstract

An intravascular device comprises an inflatable member, a non-porous membrane and a lumen. The inflatable member defines a conduit therein and the inflatable member is moveable about and between a first deflated position, an extended position, and a second deflated position. The non-porous membrane is connected the inflatable member. The lumen has a proximal end portion and a spaced distal end portion, wherein the distal end portion is in fluid communication with the conduit of the inflatable member.

Claims

1. An intravascular device comprising:

an inflatable member having an exterior surface and defining a central opening, the exterior surface having an upper portion and an opposed lower portion, the central opening having an inner edge surface that extends about a periphery of the central opening, the inflatable member further defining a conduit therein, and wherein the inflatable member is moveable about and between a first deflated position, an extended position, and a second deflated position;

a non-porous membrane having an upper surface, an opposed lower surface, and a peripherally extending edge that is connected to at least a portion of the inner edge surface of the inflatable member intermediate the upper and lower portions of the exterior surface of the inflatable member; and

a lumen having a proximal end portion and a spaced distal end portion, wherein the distal end portion is in fluid communication with the conduit of the inflatable member.

2. The intravascular device of claim 1, wherein the inflatable member substantially forms a torus shape in the extended position.

3. The intravascular device of claim 1, wherein in the extended position, portions of the inflatable member and non-porous membrane form a diaphragm structure having a peripheral portion and a central portion, wherein the peripheral portion of the diaphragm structure is formed by portions of the inflatable member and the central portion of the diaphragm structure is formed by portions of the non-porous membrane.

4. The intravascular device of claim 1, wherein the non-porous membrane spans and encloses the central opening defined by the inflatable member in the extended position.

5. The intravascular device of claim 1, wherein the proximal end portion of the lumen is in selective communication with a source of pressurized fluid.

6. The intravascular device of claim 5, wherein the conduit defined by the inflatable member is at least partially filled with the pressurized fluid to move the inflatable member between the first deflated position and the extended position.

7. The intravascular device of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the distal end portion of the lumen is integral with at least a portion of the upper or lower surface of the non-porous membrane.

8. The intravascular device of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the distal end portion of the lumen is defined within at least a portion of the non-porous membrane.

9. The intravascular device of claim 1, wherein the distal end portion of the lumen is connected to the upper surface of the non-porous membrane.

10. The intravascular device of claim 1, wherein the distal end portion of the lumen has a substantially arcuate cross-sectional shape, such that at least a portion of the upper surface of the non-porous membrane forms a concave face.

11. The intravascular device of claim 1, wherein distal end portion of the lumen comprises a plurality of distal end portions and wherein at least one of the distal end portions is in fluid communication with the conduit defined by the inflatable member.

12. The intravascular device of claim 1, further the lumen comprises a plurality of lumens, each lumen of the plurality of lumens having a spaced distal end portion.

15. The intravascular device of claim 1, wherein the non-porous membrane defines a second conduit that is in fluid communication with the conduit of the inflatable member.

13. The intravascular device of claim 13, wherein each distal end portion is connected to the upper surface of the non-porous membrane and wherein each distal end portion extends radially from a substantially central position on the upper surface of the non-porous membrane towards the inner edge surface of the inflatable member.

14. The intravascular device of claim 13, wherein each distal end portion is connected to the lower surface of the non-porous membrane and wherein each distal end portion extends radially from a substantially central position on the lower surface of the non-porous membrane towards the inner edge surface of the inflatable member.

16. An intravascular device comprising:

an inflatable member defining a central opening having an inner edge surface that extends about a periphery of the central opening, the inflatable member further defining a contiguous conduit therein;

a non-porous membrane having a peripherally extending edge that is connected to at least a portion of the inner edge surface of the inflatable member; and

a lumen having a distal end portion in fluid communication with the conduit of the inflatable member, the lumen is in selective fluid communication with a source of pressurized fluid,

wherein the inflatable member is moveable about and between a first deflated position, an extended position, and a second deflated position.

17. The intravascular device of claim 16, wherein the inflatable member substantially forms a torus shape in the extended position.

18. The intravascular device of claim 16, wherein the non-porous membrane spans and encloses the central opening defined by the inflatable member.

19. The intravascular device of claim 16, wherein the distal end portion of the lumen is connected to an upper surface of the non-porous membrane.

20. The intravascular device of claim 16, wherein at least a portion of the distal end portion of the lumen is integral with at least a portion of the upper or lower surface of the non-porous membrane.

21. The intravascular device of claim 16, wherein at least a portion of the distal end portion of the lumen is defined within at least a portion of the non-porous membrane.

22. The intravascular device of claim 16, wherein the contiguous conduit defined by the inflatable member is at least partially filled with the pressurized fluid to move the inflatable member between the first deflated position and the extended position.

23. The intravascular device of claim 16, wherein the non-porous membrane defines a second conduit that is in fluid communication with the contiguous conduit of the inflatable member.