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Blood vessel occlusion device
Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences LLC
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Filing: 1997-07-18
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Granted: 1999-08-24
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Expires: 2017-07-18
Abstract
Abstract An occluder apparatus for obstructing the flow of blood in a blood vessel has an elongated hollow tubular body having a leading end sized for reception in the blood vessel and includes portion of the body fabricated from a material soluble in blood, and a piercing device for inserting the body through the wall of the blood vessel to extend the leading end into the interior of the blood vessel. An inflatable diaphragm is carried by the body in a collapsed, deflated condition, and the apparatus includes a passage for conducting an inflating fluid from an external source, which is into fluid communication with the interior of the diaphragm, to effect expansion the diaphragm. Elongated openings in the body enable the diaphragm to be released in an inflated state from the body into flexible occluding engagement with the interior wall of the blood vessel about the full circumference of a transverse section thereof.
Inventors
- 👤 John Donald Hill
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-22 22:59
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B17/00; A61B17/34; A61B17/3415; A61B17/12; A61B17/12022; A61B17/12099; A61B17/12109; A61B17/12131; A61B17/12136; A61B17/3468; A61B17/132; A61B17/135; A61B17/00234; A61B2017/00238; A61B2017/00243; A61B2017/00831; A61B2017/348; A61B2017/3482; A61B2017/3484; A61B2017/3488; A61M; A61M2202/00; A61M2202/04; A61M2202/0468; A61M25/00; A61M25/0067; A61M25/0068; A61M25/0069
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
129 words
A method of cannulating a patient ascending aorta in preparation for surgery, comprising the steps of; providing an aortic occlusion device having a cutting element, a first lumen, a second lumen and an occluding member, the occluding member being movable from a collapsed condition to an expanded condition; incising the patient's ascending aorta with the cutting element and inserting the aortic occlusion device into the patient's ascending aorta; coupling the first lumen to a source of oxygenated blood; expanding the occluding member to the expanded condition thereby occluding the patient's ascending aorta; coupling the second lumen to a source of myocardial protection solution; delivering myocardial protection solution into the patient's ascending aorta through the second lumen; and infusing oxygenated blood into the patient from the source of oxygenated blood.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
129 words
A method of cannulating a patient ascending aorta in preparation for surgery, comprising the steps of; providing an aortic occlusion device having a cutting element, a first lumen, a second lumen and an occluding member, the occluding member being movable from a collapsed condition to an expanded condition; incising the patient's ascending aorta with the cutting element and inserting the aortic occlusion device into the patient's ascending aorta; coupling the first lumen to a source of oxygenated blood; expanding the occluding member to the expanded condition thereby occluding the patient's ascending aorta; coupling the second lumen to a source of myocardial protection solution; delivering myocardial protection solution into the patient's ascending aorta through the second lumen; and infusing oxygenated blood into the patient from the source of oxygenated blood.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of claim 1, wherein: the delivering step is initiated to arrest the patient's heart.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
43 words
The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of: sewing a purse-string suture onto the patient's ascending aorta before the inserting step; and the incising step being carried out by incising the patient's ascending aorta at a location in the purse-string suture.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of claim 1, wherein: the providing step is carried out with the cutting element being movable to a position away from the distal end of the aortic occlusion device.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
159 words
A method of cannulating a patient's ascending aorta in preparation for surgery, comprising the steps of: providing an aortic occlusion device having a tubular body, a stop, a distal end, a first lumen, a second lumen and an occluding member, the occluding member being movable from a collapsed condition to an expanded condition, the stop extending outwardly from the tubular body; inserting the aortic occlusion device through a penetration in the patient's ascending aorta until the stop contacts the patient's ascending aorta, the tubular body extending from the penetration toward an opposite wall of the patient's ascending aorta; coupling the first lumen to a source of oxygenated blood; expanding the occluding member to the expanded condition thereby occluding the patient's ascending aorta; coupling the second lumen to a source of myocardial protection solution; delivering myocardial protection solution into the patient's ascending aorta through the second lumen; and infusing oxygenated blood into the patient from the source of oxygenated blood.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
159 words
A method of cannulating a patient's ascending aorta in preparation for surgery, comprising the steps of: providing an aortic occlusion device having a tubular body, a stop, a distal end, a first lumen, a second lumen and an occluding member, the occluding member being movable from a collapsed condition to an expanded condition, the stop extending outwardly from the tubular body; inserting the aortic occlusion device through a penetration in the patient's ascending aorta until the stop contacts the patient's ascending aorta, the tubular body extending from the penetration toward an opposite wall of the patient's ascending aorta; coupling the first lumen to a source of oxygenated blood; expanding the occluding member to the expanded condition thereby occluding the patient's ascending aorta; coupling the second lumen to a source of myocardial protection solution; delivering myocardial protection solution into the patient's ascending aorta through the second lumen; and infusing oxygenated blood into the patient from the source of oxygenated blood.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of claim 5, wherein: the delivering step is initiated to arrest the patient's heart.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method of claim 5, further comprising the steps of: sewing a purse-string suture onto the patient's ascending aorta before the inserting step; and the inserting step being carried out by inserting the aortic occlusion device through the purse-string suture.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 5, wherein: the inserting step is carried out with the distal end of the aortic occlusion device having a conical shape.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
41 words
The method of claim 5, wherein: the providing step is carried out with the aortic occlusion device having a cutting element at the distal end; and the inserting step being carried out with the cutting element incising the patient's ascending aorta.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 9, further comprising the step of: moving the cutting element away from the distal end of the aortic occlusion device.
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