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US20050137690A1 Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Low profile heart valve and delivery system

Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed Inc
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Filing: 2003-12-23
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2023-12-23
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Abstract

Abstract Apparatus for endovascularly replacing a patient's heart valve, including: a delivery catheter having a diameter of 21 french or less; an expandable anchor disposed within the delivery catheter; and a replacement valve disposed within the delivery catheter. The invention also includes a method for endovascularly replacing a heart valve of a patient. In some embodiments the method includes the steps of: inserting a catheter having a diameter no more than 21 french into the patient; endovascularly delivering a replacement valve and an expandable anchor to a vicinity of the heart valve through the catheter; and deploying the anchor and the replacement valve.

Inventors

  • 👤 Amr Salahieh
  • 👤 Brian Brandt
  • 👤 Dwight Morejohn
  • 👤 Ulrich Haug
  • 👤 Jean-Pierre Dueri
  • 👤 Hans Valencia
  • 👤 Robert Geshlider
  • 👤 Jeff Krolik

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-22 15:30
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/02; A61F2/24; A61F2/2412; A61F2/2418; A61F2/2427; A61F2/2439; A61F2/243; A61F2/2433; A61F2/2436; A61F2/95; A61F2002/9528; A61F2220/00; A61F2220/0008; A61F2220/0016; A61F2220/0025; A61F2220/005; A61F2220/0058; A61F2220/0075; A61F2230/00; A61F2230/0002; A61F2230/0028; A61F2230/005; A61F2230/0054; A61F2230/0063; A61F2230/0065; A61F2230/0073; A61F2230/0078; A61F2250/00; A61F2250/0058; A61F2250/006

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 26
Claim 1
Independent Claim 39 words
1 . Apparatus for endovascularly replacing a patient's heart valve comprising: a delivery catheter having a diameter of 21 french or less; an expandable anchor disposed within the delivery catheter; and a replacement valve disposed within the delivery catheter.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 39 words
1 . Apparatus for endovascularly replacing a patient's heart valve comprising: a delivery catheter having a diameter of 21 french or less; an expandable anchor disposed within the delivery catheter; and a replacement valve disposed within the delivery catheter.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 19 words
2 . The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the replacement valve is coupled to the anchor within the catheter.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 27 words
3 . The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the catheter is adapted to deliver the anchor and replacement valve to an aortic valve along a retrograde approach.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 21 words
4 . The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a sheath covering the anchor and the replacement valve within the catheter.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 19 words
5 . The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a deployment tool coupled to the anchor within the catheter.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 18 words
6 . The apparatus of claim 5 wherein the deployment tool comprises a plurality of flexible control wires.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 18 words
7 . The apparatus of claim 5 wherein the deployment tool comprises a plurality of stiff control rods.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 19 words
8 . The apparatus of claim 5 further comprising a releasable connection between the deployment tool and the anchor.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 25 words
9 . The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising an expandable balloon disposed within the delivery catheter, the balloon being adapted to expand the anchor.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 23 words
10 . The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the balloon is disposed within the catheter apart from the anchor and the replacement valve.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 57 words
11 . A method for endovascularly replacing a heart valve of a patient, the method comprising: inserting a catheter having a diameter no more than 21 french into the patient; endovascularly delivering a replacement valve and an expandable anchor to a vicinity of the heart valve through the catheter; and deploying the anchor and the replacement valve.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 57 words
11 . A method for endovascularly replacing a heart valve of a patient, the method comprising: inserting a catheter having a diameter no more than 21 french into the patient; endovascularly delivering a replacement valve and an expandable anchor to a vicinity of the heart valve through the catheter; and deploying the anchor and the replacement valve.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 33 words
12 . The method of claim 11 wherein the heart valve is an aortic valve, the inserting step comprising inserting the catheter to the vicinity of the aortic valve along a retrograde approach.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 22 words
13 . The method of claim 11 wherein the delivering step further comprises endovascularly delivering an anchor deployment tool through the catheter.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 19 words
14 . The method of claim 13 wherein the deploying step comprises actuating the anchor with the deployment tool.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 24 words
15 . The method of claim 14 wherein the actuating step comprises applying a proximally directed force on the anchor to expand the anchor.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 24 words
16 . The method of claim 14 wherein the actuating step comprises applying a distally directed force on the anchor to expand the anchor.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 29 words
17 . The method of claim 14 wherein the actuating step comprises applying a proximally directed force and a distally directed force on the anchor to expand the anchor.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim 19 words
18 . The method of claim 13 wherein the deploying step comprises releasing the anchor from the deployment tool.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim 24 words
19 . The method of claim 11 further comprising endovascularly delivering an expandable balloon through the catheter to the vicinity of the heart valve.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim 19 words
20 . The method of claim 19 wherein the deploying step comprises using the balloon to expand the anchor.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim 26 words
21 . The method of claim 19 wherein the step of endovascularly delivering the expandable balloon comprises endovascularly delivering the expandable balloon apart from the anchor.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim 35 words
22 . The method of claim 13 wherein the replacement valve and the anchor are coupled, the delivering step comprising endovascularly delivering the coupled replacement valve and anchor to the vicinity of the heart valve.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim 16 words
23 . The method of claim 11 further comprising coupling the replacement valve to the anchor.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim 30 words
24 . The method of claim 11 further wherein the deploying step comprises expanding the anchor, the method further comprising retrieving the anchor into the catheter after expanding the anchor.

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