Replacement heart valve

a heart valve and replacement technology, applied in the field of replacement heart valves, can solve the problems of reducing the blood pumping efficiency of the heart, debilitating and life-threatening conditions, and the impairment of the heart valve, and achieve the effect of improving the replacement heart valv

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-12-22
EDWARDS LIFESCI CARDIAQ
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Benefits of technology

[0008]Accordingly, there is in the need of the art for an improved replacement heart valve.

Problems solved by technology

Diseased heart valves exhibit impairments such as narrowing of the valve or regurgitation.
Such impairments reduce the heart's blood-pumping efficiency and can be a debilitating and life threatening condition.
For example, valve insufficiency can lead to conditions such as heart hypertrophy and dilation of the ventricle.
Development of replacement heart valves that can be compacted for delivery and then controllably expanded for controlled placement has proven to be particularly challenging.

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[0036]The present specification and drawings disclose aspects and features of the invention in the context of several embodiments of replacement heart valves and portions thereof that are configured for replacement of natural heart valves in a patient. These embodiments may be discussed in connection with replacing specific valves such as the patient's aortic or mitral valve. However, it is to be understood that the context of a particular valve or particular features of a valve should not be taken as limiting, and features of any one embodiment discussed herein can be combined with features of other embodiments as desired and when appropriate.

[0037]With initial reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, an embodiment of a replacement heart valve 10 is shown. The illustrated replacement heart valve 10 is designed to replace a diseased native mitral valve. In this embodiment, the replacement heart valve 10 is made up of a self-expanding frame 20 to which a valve body 30 is attached. As best seen in...

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Abstract

A replacement heart valve can have an expandable frame configured to engage a native valve annulus. A valve body can be mounted onto the expandable frame to provide functionality similar to a natural valve. The valve body has an upstream end and a downstream end, and a diameter at the downstream end is greater than a diameter at the upstream end.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61 / 357,048, which was filed on Jun. 21, 2010. The entire contents of the above application are hereby incorporated by reference herein. Further, Applicants' U.S. application Ser. Nos. 12 / 569,856, filed Sep. 29, 2009 and 12 / 761,349, filed Apr. 15, 2010 disclose several embodiments of replacement heart valves. In some instances the present disclosure describes embodiments and principles that build upon and improve embodiments disclosed in these previous applications. As such, the entirety of each of these prior applications is incorporated by reference into this disclosure.BACKGROUND[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention relates generally to replacement heart valves.[0004]2. Description of Related Art[0005]Human heart valves, which include the aortic, pulmonary, mitral and tricuspid valves, function essentially as one-way valves operating in synchr...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A61F2/24
CPCA61F2/2415A61F2/2418A61F2230/008A61F2250/0039A61F2230/0054A61F2250/0029A61F2220/0008A61F2230/0067A61F2/2412A61F2250/0007
Inventor QUADRI, ARSHADRATZ, J. BRENTLIAO, YENKOMATSU, STANTHYGARAJAN, KALATHIMICHIELS, ROBRECHTNGUYENNGUYEN, MYKIM
Owner EDWARDS LIFESCI CARDIAQ
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