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US6582462B1 Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Valve prosthesis for implantation in the body and a catheter for implanting such valve prosthesis

Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences AG
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Filing: 2000-02-28
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Granted: 2003-06-24
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Expires: 2020-02-28
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Abstract

Abstract A valve prosthesis for implantation in the body by use of a catheter includes a stent made from an expandable cylinder-shaped thread structure having several spaced apices. The elastically collapsible valve is mounted on the stent as the commissural points of the valve are secured to the projecting apices.

Inventors

  • 👤 Henning Rud Andersen
  • 👤 John Michael Hasenkam
  • 👤 Lars Lyhne Knudsen

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 01:34
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/02; A61F2/24; A61F2/2475; A61F2/2412; A61F2/2418; A61F2/2427; A61F2/243; A61F2/2433; A61F2220/00; A61F2220/0025; A61F2220/005; A61F2220/0058; A61F2230/00; A61F2230/0002; A61F2230/0004; A61F2230/0013; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S623/00; Y10S623/90; Y10S623/902; Y10S623/904

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim 70 words
A valve prosthesis for implantation in a body channel having an inner wall, the prosthesis comprising; a radially collapsible and expandable cylindrical stent, the stent including a cylindrical support means having a cylinder surface; and a collapsible and expandable valve having commissural points, the valve mounted to the stent at the commissural points, wherein the stent and valve are configured to be implanted in the body by way of catheterization.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 70 words
A valve prosthesis for implantation in a body channel having an inner wall, the prosthesis comprising; a radially collapsible and expandable cylindrical stent, the stent including a cylindrical support means having a cylinder surface; and a collapsible and expandable valve having commissural points, the valve mounted to the stent at the commissural points, wherein the stent and valve are configured to be implanted in the body by way of catheterization.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 17 words
The valve prosthesis according to claim 1 , wherein the support means is made of thread structure.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 49 words
The valve prosthesis according to claim 2 , wherein the thread structure comprises several spaced apices that extend from one end of the cylindrical support means in a direction along a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical support means, the commissural points of the valve being attached to the apices.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 17 words
The valve prosthesis according to claim 3 , wherein the collapsible valve is a biologically trilobate valve.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 51 words
The valve prosthesis according to claim 1 , wherein the stent comprises at least two closed rings, each formed from more than three loops, the rings connected one to another, and wherein three of the loops in at least one of the rings has a greater height than the remaining loops.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 82 words
The valve prosthesis according to claim 5 , wherein each of the rings of the stent is made from a wire having a diameter of 0.05 mm and a loop height of approximately 8 mm and approximately 14 mm for the three greater height loops, and that the cylindrical wire structure produced and the collapsible valve mounted thereon in a folded state have an outer diameter of approximately 10 mm and in an expanded state an outer diameter of approximately 30 mm.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 62 words
The valve prosthesis according to claim 5 , wherein three or more mutually attached rings placed on top of each other are used in that the stent is made to be fixed through the expansion at one point in the channel where the valve prosthesis is inserted, which point is different from the point where the valve is mounted in the stent.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 23 words
The valve prosthesis according to claim 1 , wherein the cylinder surface of the support means is closed to form a tubular element.

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