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Mitral valve prosthesis
Assignee: Adiam Life Science AG
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Filing: 1997-06-18
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Granted: 2000-07-11
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Expires: 2017-06-18
Abstract
Abstract A mitral valve prosthesis consists of a support housing with a large base ring that bears two stays which substantially extend in the ring axis direction and are connected by curved walls for securing two flexible cusps. The free ends of the stays form an inner support for the cusps. In order to avoid a possible mutual interference between the heart and valve functions, the base-ring (12) has in the top view a closed, non-round shape with a common longitudinal axis (15) but two transverse half-axis (16, 17) of different sizes. The stays (18, 19) lie on the longitudinal axis (15) and form the transition between the two halves of the valve. The less curved wall (13) carries a mural cusp (11) having a smaller surface and a higher angle of inclination relative to the base ring base surface than the more curved wall (14).
Inventors
- 👤 Josef Jansen
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 03:53
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/02; A61F2/24; A61F2/2412
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
169 words
A prosthetic mitral heart valve comprised of a support housing (20) with a base ring (12) which carries two posts (18, 19) extending in the axial direction of the ring and separated by arcuate wall portions (13, 14) to which the posts are connected and which serve for affixing two flexible cusps or leaflets (13, 14) to which the posts are connected and which serve for affixing two flexible cusps or leaflets (11), the posts having free ends forming inner seats for the cusps or leaflets (11) characterized in that the base ring (12) seen in plan view, has a closed nonround configuration with a common longitudinal axis (15) but two half transverse axes of unequal length (16, 17), whereby the posts (18, 19) lie on a longitudinal axis (15) and form the transition regions from one of the other half shapes, whereby the wall portion with the smaller curvature carries the smaller area mural cusp leaflet with the steeper angle than the wall portion (14) with larger curvature.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
169 words
A prosthetic mitral heart valve comprised of a support housing (20) with a base ring (12) which carries two posts (18, 19) extending in the axial direction of the ring and separated by arcuate wall portions (13, 14) to which the posts are connected and which serve for affixing two flexible cusps or leaflets (13, 14) to which the posts are connected and which serve for affixing two flexible cusps or leaflets (11), the posts having free ends forming inner seats for the cusps or leaflets (11) characterized in that the base ring (12) seen in plan view, has a closed nonround configuration with a common longitudinal axis (15) but two half transverse axes of unequal length (16, 17), whereby the posts (18, 19) lie on a longitudinal axis (15) and form the transition regions from one of the other half shapes, whereby the wall portion with the smaller curvature carries the smaller area mural cusp leaflet with the steeper angle than the wall portion (14) with larger curvature.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
102 words
A prosthetic mitral heart valve according to claim 1, characterized in that the cusp leaflet inclination which is determined by the position of the connection line of the cusp leaflet (11) with the upper inner edge of the wall portion (13, 14) lies between 25° and 45° for the less inclined aortal cusp leaflet and between 40° and 65° for the more strongly inclined mural cusp or leaflet, each with respect to the base ground surface, and simultaneously the more strongly inclined cusp or leaflet is inclined at an angle of at least 5° more than the lesser inclined cusp or leaflet.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
39 words
A prosthetic mitral heart valve according to one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the main flow direction is inclined by about 10° to 25°, preferably about 15° from the normal to the mural cusp or leaflet.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
A prosthetic mitral heart valve according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that lengths of the half transverse axes (16, 17) is in a ratio of 1.5 to 2.5:1.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
A prosthetic mitral heart valve according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the common longitudinal axis (15) has a length between 10 mm and 45 mm.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
29 words
A prosthetic mitral heart valve according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the posts are integrated to be equal in thickness of the wall (23).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
24 words
A prosthetic mitral heart valve according to claim 6, characterized in that the end faces of the posts ends (24) are pointed or flattened.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
35 words
A prosthetic mitral heart valve according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the wall thickness D of the base ring decreases toward the upper edge of the wall portions, preferably continuously.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
34 words
A prosthetic mitral heart valve according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the posts (18, 19) increases in thickness toward their free ends to the end face dimensions, preferably continuously.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
29 words
A prosthetic mitral heart valve according to claim 9, characterized in that the posts (18, 19) converge wedge-shaped toward the base ground surface and end before the inlet region.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
62 words
A prosthetic mitral heart valve according to one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the thicknesses of the wall portions (13, 14) of the base ring (12) in the region between the posts (18, 19) i.e. at the cusp or leaflet bases, is greater than in the regions close to the posts, preferably by a factor of 1.4 to 2.3.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
41 words
A prosthetic mitral heart valve according to one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that the connection line of the cusps or leaflets of the upper inner edge of the wall portions (13, 14) each respectively lie in a plane.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
31 words
A prosthetic mitral heart valve according to one of claims 3 to 12, characterized in that the post longitudinal axes (21) runs approximately in the direction of the main flow direction.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 2003-07-11 | 2004-01-10 | 2004-07-11 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 2007-07-11 | 2008-01-10 | 2008-07-11 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 2011-07-11 | 2012-01-10 | 2012-07-11 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |