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Implants, implant systems, and methods for treatment of mitral valve regurgitation and other valve diseases generally include a coaptation assist body which remains within the blood flow path as the leaflets of the valve move, the valve bodies often being relatively thin, elongate (along the blood flow path), and / or conformable structures which extend laterally from commissure to commissure, allowing the native leaflets to engage and seal against the large, opposed surfaces on either side of the valve body during the heart cycle phase when the ventricle contracts to empty that chamber of blood, and allows blood to pass around the valve body so that blood flows from the atrium to the ventricle during the filling phase of the heart cycle. Separate deployment of independent anchors near each of the commissures may facilitate positioning and support of an exemplary triangular valve body, with a third anchor being deployed in the ventricle. An outer surface of the valve body may accommodate tissue ingrowth or endothelialization, while a fluid-absorbing matrix can swell after introduction into the heart. The valve body shape may be selected after an anchor has been deployed, and catheter-based deployment systems may have a desirable low profile.

Devices are provided with an internal dimension that can be reduced and increased in vivo. In one example, an interatrial shunt for placement at an atrial septum of a patient's heart includes a body. The body includes first and second regions coupled in fluid communication by a neck region. The body includes a shape-memory material. The body defines a passageway through the neck region for blood to flow between a first atrium and a second atrium. The first and second regions are superelastic at body temperature, and the neck region is malleable at body temperature. A flow area of the passageway through the neck region may be adjusted in vivo.

According to embodiments of the invention, an anchoring system includes a sleeve having an inner surface defining a lumen, a first expandable sealing mechanism disposed along a proximal end of the sleeve, and a second expandable sealing mechanism disposed along the proximal end of the sleeve. The anchoring system further includes open-cell foam disposed on an outer surface of the sleeve. Expansion of the first and second expandable sealing mechanisms and application of negative pressure to the anchoring system, causes a seal to form between the first and second expandable sealing mechanisms, the outer surface of the sleeve, and an inner surface of a tissue cavity. According to some embodiments, a sleeve body is included with the sleeve, with the first expandable sealing mechanism being disposed at a proximal end of the sleeve body and the second expandable sealing mechanism being disposed at a distal end of the sleeve body.

Retrieval of material from vessel lumens can be improved by electrically enhancing attachment of the material to the thrombectomy system. The system can include a catheter having a distal portion configured to be positioned adjacent to a thrombus in a blood vessel, an electrode disposed at the distal portion of the catheter, and an interventional element configured to be delivered through a lumen of the catheter. The electrode and the interventional element are each configured to be electrically coupled to an extracorporeal power supply.

A hemostatic device includes an elongated body, a flexible annular portion, a shield and an inflatable seal. The elongated body is configured to be connected to a vacuum source. The flexible annular portion is connected to the elongated body and includes a plurality of holes on the inner circumference of the flexible annular portion. The flexible annular portion is configured to be placed in the uterus. When the elongated body is inserted into the uterus, activation of the vacuum source is configured to draw a vacuum through the plurality of holes to contract the uterus. The shield is folded around the outer circumference of the annular portion, and the shield has an edge extending radially inward relative to the flexible annular distal portion. The shield is configured to prevent tissue from blocking the plurality of holes when a vacuum is applied. The inflatable seal is connected to the elongated body and configured to seal the uterus.

Methods and system for atrial fibrillation ablations and other cardiac procedures utilizes a cardiac mapping system for navigation and guidance, and includes an additional virtual reality (VR) system and an augmented reality (AR) or mixed reality (MR) system. The Cardiac mapping system utilizes medical images and patient's electrical signals. The virtual reality (VR) system is utilized pre-procedure for visualization and pre-procedure planning. The augmented reality (AR) or mixed reality (MR) system is utilized pre-procedure or intra-procedure. Methods and system are disclosed utilizing pre-built virtual device models which interact with 3D volume rendered structures from patient's CT or MRI of the region of interest (ROI) for the different type of cardiac procedure. With virtual reality (VR) the operator utilizes hand-held sensors. With augmented reality (AR) or mixed reality (MR) a combination of hand gestures and an X-box controller is used to manipulate virtual devices, anatomical structures in the Hologram.

A thrombectomy device including a delivery catheter; a tapered dilator catheter configured to be movably disposed within the delivery catheter; and an expandable aspiration funnel configured to be movably disposed within the delivery catheter in a retracted position and at least partially outside the delivery catheter in an extended position, the funnel comprising a non-permeable covering, a diameter of a distal end of the funnel being greater in the extended position than in the retracted position, the funnel being configured to adapt its shape and length to a surrounding blood vessel such that the funnel lengthens as it narrows to retain a thrombus within the funnel. The invention also includes methods of using the device.

Devices and methods are described for accessing an intracranial extravascular space of a patient. For example, this disclosure describes devices and methods for drainage of a subdural hematoma disposed within an intracranial extravascular space of a patient.

The invention discloses a rigidity self-adaptive intravascular stent based on a three-dimensional virtual woven structure and a control method thereof. The method comprises the steps of reconstructing a preoperative tumor blood vessel three-dimensional model based on clinical iconography data, constructing a stent initialization model, starting a hexagonal knitting three-dimensional virtual algorithm, performing intravascular stent knitting modeling, realizing structural parameter optimization and adaptive stent expansion in combination with preoperative image data of a patient, and completing personalized deployment. The wire winding angle and the mesh density of each area of the stent are adjustable, the stent is adaptive to the complex intracranial aneurysm blood vessel form, accurate fitting and risk guiding are achieved, the treatment effect is improved, the postoperative complication risk is reduced, and the stent has good engineering suitability and clinical application prospects.

The invention belongs to the technical field of medical instruments, and particularly relates to a dense net support. The dense net support comprises a front fixing section, a blocking section and a rear fixing section, and the blocking section is located between the front fixing section and the rear fixing section. The plugging section is connected with the front fixing section through a front connecting piece, and the plugging section is connected with the rear fixing section through a rear connecting piece; the plugging section is used for plugging an aneurysm position of a blood vessel, the plugging section sequentially comprises an inner layer part, a middle layer part and an outer layer part from inside to outside, the inner layer part adopts an inner layer metal stent, and the outer layer part adopts an outer layer metal stent. The dense net stent can adjust hemodynamics more accurately, and it is ensured that the blood flow of healthy blood vessels is not affected while the aneurysm is closed; the sealing effect of the aneurysm is ensured, and thrombosis is well promoted, so that blocking and healing of the aneurysm are promoted; and the endothelialization process of the stent is facilitated, so that the success rate of fusing the stent into the blood vessel is improved, the effect of completely sealing the aneurysm opening is achieved, and the recurrence risk is reduced.

The invention is directed to a device (1) for sealingly protective and at the same time stool-discharging tamponade of a circular anastomosis of two ends of the large intestine, as occur for example in the surgical resection of a rectal carcinoma, wherein a thin-walled balloon body (5) is placed in the region of the anastomosis, and the balloon (5), providing a tamponade, is filled with a filling medium in such a way that the lowest possible pressure necessary for the sealing tamponade of the anastomosed portion of the intestine can be maintained continuously, and, even in the event of a peristaltic contraction of the rectosigmoid colon, the pressure predefined by the user is maintained as constant as possible, wherein sufficiently high volumetric flows of the pressurizing medium supplied to and removed from the balloon (5) are achieved, such that the sealing contact between the balloon (5) and the intestinal wall is maintained in all segments of the balloon body in the course of a peristaltic contraction wave miming from the sigmoid to the anus.

The invention provides a blood vessel occluder, and belongs to the technical field of interventional surgical instruments.The occluder comprises an occluding inner disc, an occluding outer disc, a containing component and a driving component, the occluding inner disc and the occluding outer disc are connected in a spaced mode and are each provided with a supporting framework capable of being expanded or contracted in the radial direction, and the supporting frameworks are made of absorbable materials; the plugging inner disc is expanded to plug the inner side of the puncture opening after entering the puncture opening in a contraction state, and the plugging outer disc is expanded to plug the outer side of the puncture opening; the accommodating part is used for accommodating hemostatic gel; the driving part is used for reducing the volume of the accommodating part so as to push the hemostatic gel between the plugging inner disc and the plugging outer disc; the technical problems that in the prior art, a blood vessel plugging device is narrow in puncture port application range, limited in hemostatic effect and incapable of being attached to a puncture port, and follow-up inspection is affected due to metal residues are mainly solved.

A catheter system can include a tubular body, and at least one of a targeting system coupled to the tubular body, an expandable member, or a fluid injection port. A method of identifying a bifurcation can include inserting a catheter system into a first vessel, positioning the catheter system at a first location, expanding an expandable member to occlude the first vessel, delivering contrast material so the contrast material pooling proximate to the expandable member, and reviewing a shape of the contrast material in the first vessel under fluoroscopy.

An atraumatic vessel occlusive system includes a flexible tubular member with an infusion lumen, a vessel occluder mounted at the distal end of the tubular member, and a pressure sensor located within a chamber defined by the occluder. The occluder has a braided construct provided with a fluid impermeable membrane over its proximal portion and a fluid permeable covering over its distal portion. The pressure sensor is adapted to sense pressure within the vessel through the fluid permeable membrane without being subject to the effects of turbulent flow at the exit of the infusion lumen. The accurately sensed pressure can be used to determine a dwell time for the occluder.

The invention provides an intravascular occluder which comprises an occluder body, a catheter part and a control mechanism, the occluder body is of an umbrella-shaped structure formed by a plurality of frameworks which can be opened, and a layer of covering is attached to the occluder body; the catheter part is used for accommodating the plugging device and the connecting rod part of the control mechanism; the control mechanism comprises a connecting rod part and a handle control part, and is used for controlling the pushing and withdrawing of the plugging device; after the plugging device is unfolded to completely plug the inner diameter of the blood vessel, the function of cutting off blood flowing can be achieved, a space for blood flowing can be reserved at the position close to the inner wall of the blood vessel by properly retracting the plugging device into the catheter, and the plugging device can be completely retracted into the catheter by completely retracting the plugging device. The device has the advantages that unfolding and folding are completely reversible, controllable opening and cutting of blood flow can be achieved, complications caused by long-time ischemia of blocked blood vessels can be avoided, and a long-time operation becomes possible.

Provided herein is a device for simultaneous intraoperative leak testing and visualisation of a heart valve seat, the device comprising an end cap configured to engage with and to sealingly close an opening of a tubular vascular graft, the end cap comprising a backing portion, a connector portion, a view port, and at least one fluid conduit element, the connector portion comprising a distal end dimensioned for placement inside of the opening, a first fastening element comprising an external thread, a second fastening element comprising an internal thread and configured to be rotated onto the first fastening element, and the external and internal threads are adapted such that the first and second fastening elements are fittingly engaged with the tubular vascular graft scalingly secured therebetween by less than one rotation of the second fastening element around the outer circumference.

Systems and methods for blood flow control are described herein. In some variations, a blood flow control system may comprise a blood flow control device. The blood flow control device may be placed within a body of a patient and may comprise an expandable member and a sensor. The sensor may be configured to measure at least one of a physiologic condition of the patient and a pressure associated with the expandable member. The blood flow control system may include at least one controller communicably coupled to the sensor to: receive data indicative of at least one of the physiologic condition of the patient and the pressure associated with the expandable member from the sensor, compare the received data with target data, identify at least one error based on the comparison, and in response to identifying the error, inhibit at least one function of the blood flow control system.

Treatment of aneurysms can be improved by delivering an occlusive member (e.g., an expandable braid) to an aneurysm sac in conjunction with an embolic element (e.g., coils, embolic material). A treatment system for such treatment can include an electrolytically corrodible conduit having a proximal portion, a distal portion, and a detachment zone between the proximal portion and the distal portion. An occlusive member having a proximal hub is coupled to the conduit distal portion. The conduit has a lumen configured to pass an embolic element therethrough.

The invention discloses a blocking sheathing canal device for bleeding in a robot bronchoscope operation and a bronchoscope system, and belongs to the technical field of medical instruments. The blocking sheathing canal device comprises a guide pipeline, a blocking balloon, a medium channel and a pressure device; a pipe cavity is formed in the guide pipeline, and the robot bronchoscope enters a focus position through the pipe cavity; the blocking balloon is arranged at the far end of the guiding pipeline, can expand and deform in the radial direction of the guiding pipeline in the pressure state and is used for blocking the bronchus or / and the lumen; the medium channel is arranged on the guide pipeline, the pressure device is communicated with the near end of the medium channel, and a pressure medium is injected into the plugging balloon through the medium channel; under the bleeding condition, the balloon can be rapidly inflated through the pressure device at the near end of the guide pipeline, so that the balloon is expanded and deformed to completely block the gap between the guide pipeline and the bronchus, the emergency bleeding in the robot bronchoscope operation is blocked, and the safety of the robot bronchoscope operation is improved; and popularization and application of the robot bronchoscope operation are promoted.

A catheter system can include a tubular body, and at least one of a targeting system coupled to the tubular body, an expandable member, or a fluid injection port. A method of identifying a bifurcation can include inserting a catheter system into a first vessel, positioning the catheter system at a first location, expanding an expandable member to occlude the first vessel, delivering contrast material so the contrast material pooling proximate to the expandable member, and reviewing a shape of the contrast material in the first vessel under fluoroscopy.

A catheter system (100) for treating a vascular lesion (106A) within or adjacent to a vessel wall (108A) of a blood vessel (108) within a body (107) of a patient (109) includes a catheter shaft (210); a handle assembly (228); and a source manifold (236). The handle assembly (228) is coupled to the catheter shaft (210). The handle assembly (228) includes an assembly housing (266). The handle assembly (228) is usable by a user to selectively position the catheter shaft (210) near the vascular lesion (106A). The source manifold (236) is coupled to the assembly housing (266). The source manifold (236) includes a manifold housing (282) having a catheter shaft port (264) that is configured to receive a portion of the catheter shaft (210) so that the catheter shaft (210) is coupled to the manifold housing (282).

An anti-hemorrhaging device includes an elongate body, a flexible looped segment, a shield, and an inflatable seal. The elongate body is configured to attach to a vacuum source. The flexible looped segment is attached to the elongate body includes a plurality of holes on an inner circumference thereof. The flexible looped segment is configured to be placed in a uterus. Activation of the vacuum source is configured to pull vacuum through the plurality of holes so as to collapse the uterus upon insertion of the elongate body into the uterus. The shield is folded around an exterior circumference of the looped portion and has edges that extend radially inwards relative to the flexible looped distal section. The shield is configured to prevent tissue from occluding the plurality of holes when vacuum is applied. The inflatable seal is attached to the elongate body and is configured to seal the uterus.

Neurovascular flow diverter and delivery systems, and methods of using the same are disclosed herein. The systems can include an introducer sheath, a catheter, a deployable flow diverter that can be contained in the introducer sheath or in the catheter, a core wire, and one or several deployment features coupled to the core wire and engaging the flow diverter. The deployment features can include one or more of a pusher, one or several friction bumps, one or several deployment coils, a claw mechanism, a self-expanding element, a supporting coil, a tip coil, and / or an atraumatic tip. One or more of the deployment features can be radiopaque.

The present invention is concerned with an endovascular occlusion device for use in occluding a lumen of the endovascular system to treat certain medical conditions such as vascular malformations, bleeding vessels or occluding vessels in order to induce tissue ischemia or necrosis, the occlusion device including a deformable sleeve displaceable between a collapsed state and an expanded state and a conical array of cantilevered arms extending from a distal end of the sleeve and converging towards distal tips such as to define a first haemostatic valve about the distal end of the sleeve. The distal end of the sleeve will be at least partially covered with a polymer fluid impermeable membrane in order to provide a seal to prevent fluid flow through the occlusion device. The internal valve will be haemostatic regardless of the initial direction of blood flow and will allow distal endovascular delivery of a surgical instrument such as a catheter that can be manipulated and used to deliver therapeutic agents such as liquid or small particle embolics.

The invention discloses a hemostasis device and a hemostasis method for an anorectal lacuna operation, and belongs to the technical field of medical instruments. The hemostasis device for the anorectal lacuna operation comprises a fixed tube, a movable tube is arranged in the fixed tube, the movable tube is connected with the fixed tube in a rotating and sliding mode, an expansion structure used for expanding anorectum is arranged on the upper portion of the movable tube, and an expander driving the expansion structure to expand or contract is arranged in the movable tube. The anorectum is expanded through the expansion structure, and hemostasis operation can be conveniently conducted on the anorectum; the inner tube and the outer tube are rotationally and slidably connected, so that the adaptability of the hemostasis device is improved; the hemostatic effect is improved through the hemostatic powder and the compression air bag. Therefore, by adopting the hemostasis device and the hemostasis method for the anorectal lacuna operation, the problems that an existing device is poor in adaptability and cannot effectively stop bleeding can be solved.

The invention discloses a liver, gall and pancreas clinical puncture sampling device in the technical field of medical instruments, which comprises a base, a mechanical arm is fixedly connected to the base, a puncture needle is arranged at the top end of the mechanical arm, a guide rail for mounting the puncture needle is fixedly connected to the top end of the mechanical arm, a pushing part is slidably matched with one side of the guide rail, and the puncture needle is fixedly connected with the pushing part. The base is further fixedly connected with a pump assembly and a fixed arm, the top end of the fixed arm is fixedly connected with a multi-mode integrated sensor, and the side wall of the fixed arm is fixedly connected with a controller. By integrating a plurality of functional layers, the puncture needle can achieve a plurality of functions in single puncture, the mechanical arm is controlled to guide the puncture process of the puncture needle and compensate respiratory movement displacement through model construction and displacement prediction of the controller, and bleeding stopping gel is sprayed in a self-adaptive mode through resistance borne during needle insertion, so that massive bleeding is avoided; therefore, the efficiency of the hepatobiliary pancreas puncture operation is improved, the possibility of tissue bleeding infection is reduced, and the painless treatment experience of a patient is improved.

Neurovascular flow diverter and delivery systems, and methods of using the same are described herein. The systems can include a customizing member including an introducer sheath, a catheter, a deployable flow diverter that can be contained in the introducer sheath or in the catheter, a core wire, and one or several deployment features coupled to the core wire and engaging the flow diverter. The customizing member includes a tubing extending along and around a distal portion of the introducer sheath. This tubing is cuttable and contains a distal end of the flow diverter. The length of the flow diverter can be customized by cutting through the tubing and the therein contained flow diverter.

This application describes various embodiments of an expandable device that includes at least one support member. The support member (or members) is integrated into the structure of the expandable device and increases its column strength, which thus augments pushability of the expanding device through a delivery catheter. The support member allows force applied while pushing from the proximal end of the expandable device to be translated to the distal end of the device and therefore avoid bunching or deformation without increasing the profile of the device to a degree that would prohibit passage through a lumen of a specific required size. Thus, the expandable devices described herein address at least some of the shortcomings discussed above.

An apparatus includes a plurality of beads each defining a first opening and a second opening, a linking assembly, and a 3D printed magnetic element housed within a first bead of the plurality of beads. The linking assembly extends through the first opening and the second opening of each bead such that the beads and the linking assembly may be arranged in an annular arrangement to form a loop around an anatomical structure in a patient. The loop moves between a contracted configuration and an expanded configuration and is magnetically biased toward the contracted configuration. The 3D printed magnetic element is housed within a first bead of the plurality of beads. The 3D printed magnetic element include a composite of magnetic granules combined to generate a magnetic field. The magnetic field is generated by the 3D printed element and is configured to contribute toward the magnetic bias.

The present disclosure includes a controller and a sheath having a sheath proximal end opening coupled to the controller, a sheath open distal end configured to be inserted into a vascular system of a patient, and a working lumen extending through the sheath. The system may include a guidewire extending from the controller through the working lumen, the guidewire having a guidewire distal end configured to mechanically treat a vascular wall of the treatment segment, a length of the guidewire distal end defining a length of the treatment segment. The working lumen may be configured to slidably receive the guidewire and allow fluid to pass therethrough around the guidewire to chemically treat the treatment segment. The distal end of the guidewire may mechanically treat the vessel wall when the system receives a first input. The system may deliver a fluid when the system receives a second input and / or a third input.