TRANSCATHETER MITRAL VALVE AND DELIVERY SYSTEM

• US 20140371844A1
• Filed: 06/17/2014
• Published: 12/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: St. Jude Medical Cardiology Division Incorporated (Abbott Laboratories Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: St. Jude Medical Cardiology Division Incorporated (Abbott Laboratories Incorporated)
• Inventors: Dale, Theodore Paul, Glimsdale, Mathias C., Krans, Mark
• Application Number:
  US14/306,356
• Publication Number:
  US 20140371844A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 623/2.11
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/2418 Scaffolds therefor, e.g. support stents
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/2436 Deployment by retracting a sheath
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2220/0008 Fixation appliances for connecting prostheses to the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2250/0069 Sealing means

Abstract

A prosthetic heart valve includes a collapsible and expandable stent, a collapsible and expandable valve assembly disposed within the stent, and one or more features coupled to the stent for at least partially anchoring the prosthetic heart valve within a native valve annulus of a patient. The anchoring features may include a body transitionable from an unfurled condition to a furled condition, the furled condition forming a flange for at least partially anchoring the heart valve, and/or a plurality of hooks transitionable from a deformed condition to a relaxed condition for at least partially anchoring the heart valve. A delivery device for the prosthetic heart valve may include a handle and a catheter member extending from the handle and having a first portion, a second portion, and a compartment for receiving the valve. The delivery device may provide for staged deployment of the valve.

Claims

1. A prosthetic heart valve having an inflow end and an outflow end, comprising:

a stent having a collapsed condition and an expanded condition;

a collapsible and expandable valve assembly disposed within the stent and having a plurality of leaflets; and

a body coupled to the stent and formed of braided wire, the body being transitionable between an unfurled condition and a furled condition, the furled condition forming a flange capable of at least partially anchoring the prosthetic heart valve within a native valve annulus.

2. The prosthetic heart valve of claim 1, wherein the flange has a transverse cross-section greater than a transverse cross-section of the stent in the expanded condition for at least partially anchoring the prosthetic heart valve within the native valve annulus.

3. The prosthetic heart valve of claim 1, wherein the flange is formed adjacent the inflow end of the prosthetic heart valve.

4. The prosthetic heart valve of claim 1, wherein the body comprises a shape-memory material.

5. The prosthetic heart valve of claim 1, wherein the body comprises braided Nitinol.

6. The prosthetic heart valve of claim 1, wherein the body promotes endothelialization.

7. The prosthetic heart valve of claim 1, wherein the prosthetic heart valve is loadable in a catheter with the body in the unfurled condition, the body being preset to return to the furled condition when deployed from the catheter.

8. The prosthetic heart valve of claim 1, wherein the prosthetic heart valve is configured to replace a native mitral valve.

9. The prosthetic heart valve of claim 1, wherein the valve assembly includes two leaflets.

10. The prosthetic heart valve of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of hooks coupled to the stent and formed of braided wire, the plurality of hooks being transitionable between a deformed condition and relaxed condition, the plurality of hooks extending toward the inflow end in the relaxed condition to at least partially anchor the prosthetic heart valve within a native valve annulus.

11. A prosthetic heart valve having an inflow end and an outflow end, comprising:

a stent having a collapsed condition and an expanded condition;

a collapsible and expandable valve assembly disposed within the stent and having a plurality of leaflets; and

a plurality of hooks coupled to the stent and transitionable between a deformed condition and a relaxed condition, the plurality of hooks extending toward the inflow end in the relaxed condition to at least partially anchor the prosthetic heart valve within a native valve annulus.

12. The prosthetic heart valve of claim 11, wherein the plurality of hooks are formed adjacent the outflow end of the prosthetic heart valve.

13. The prosthetic heart valve of claim 11, wherein the plurality of hooks comprise a shape-memory material.

14. The prosthetic heart valve of claim 11, wherein the plurality of hooks comprise braided Nitinol.

15. The prosthetic heart valve of claim 11, wherein the prosthetic heart valve is loadable in a catheter with the plurality of hooks in the deformed condition, the plurality of hooks being preset to return to the relaxed condition when deployed from the catheter.

16. The prosthetic heart valve of claim 11, further comprising a body coupled to the stent and formed of braided wire, the body being transitionable between an unfurled condition and a furled condition, the furled condition forming a flange capable of at least partially anchoring the prosthetic heart valve within a native valve annulus.

17. The prosthetic heart valve of claim 11, wherein the stent has a non-circular transverse cross-section.

18. The prosthetic heart valve of claim 11, wherein the stent has a D-shaped transverse cross-section.

19. A method of deploying a prosthetic heart valve from a delivery device at a target site in a patient, the heart valve including a stent having a collapsed condition and an expanded condition, a collapsible and expandable valve assembly disposed within the stent, a body assembled to the stent and being transitionable between an unfurled condition and a furled condition, and a plurality of hooks coupled to the stent and being transitionable between a deformed condition and a relaxed condition, the method comprising:

introducing the prosthetic heart valve to the target site in a collapsed configuration;

deploying the plurality of hooks to transition the plurality of hooks from the deformed condition to the relaxed condition;

deploying the body to transition the body from the unfurled condition to the furled condition; and

decoupling the prosthetic heart valve from the delivery device after the plurality of hooks are in the relaxed condition and the body is in the furled condition, whereby the plurality of hooks and the body cooperate to anchor the prosthetic heart valve at the target site.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the target site is the mitral valve annulus of the patient.