15 results about "Aortic valve replacement" patented technology

A non-invasive diagnostic system assesses the optimal timing for aortic valve replacement (AVR) by quantifying left-ventricular Frank-Starling reserve before irreversible myocardial damage occurs. The system (i) acquires left-ventricular ejection time (LVET) and other systolic-time intervals from optical or vibrational sensors positioned on the patient, (ii) induces a reversible preload change—e.g., passive leg raise or posture transition—to create a controlled venous-return increment, (iii) processes the paired baseline and post-maneuver waveforms to extract systolic time interval metrics, and (iv) analyzes the ΔLVET / Δpreload relationship against historical or population references. A diminished LVET response signals loss of contractile reserve, enabling timely AVR while myocardial changes remain reversible. The platform integrates measurement hardware, a data-processing engine, a data-analysis module, and a reporting interface, and may be configured as a wrist, ring, chest, or ear sensor. The method can be implemented at point-of-care without operator-dependent imaging or invasive monitoring.

The application discloses a guide wire transvalvular guide device for aortic valve replacement surgery, comprising: an inner tube providing a guide wire channel, the distal end of the inner tube being a guide wire outlet; the multiple far-end bags are isolated from one another, and the far-end bags are sequentially arranged on the periphery of the inner tube in the circumferential direction; the outer tube is slidably arranged on the periphery of the inner tube in a sleeving mode, and the far-end bag can be stored to adapt to interventional delivery; the inner tube and the outer tube are controlled by the control handle, a plurality of near-end bags are arranged in the control handle, and the near-end bags and the far-end bags are communicated in a one-to-one correspondence mode and are loaded with fluid; the driving sleeve and the rotating sleeve are arranged on the peripheries of all the near-end bags in a sleeving mode, an extrusion part protruding inwards in the radial direction is arranged in the driving sleeve, and when the driving sleeve rotates, the extrusion part acts on the near-end bags and enables the far-end bag exposed out of the outer tube to deform so as to change the pointing direction of the guide wire outlet. Through mutual linkage of the far-end bag and the near-end bag, the guide wire outlet direction is accurately adjusted, the interventional delivery and release performance is optimized, and the operation efficiency and convenience are improved.

The application provides a rotating type artificial mechanical heart valve, and belongs to the technical field of heart valves, and comprises: a valve ring; a valve leaflet group, which is rotationally arranged in the valve ring; when the valve leaflet group is in an open state, a spiral channel is formed in the valve ring; and when the valve leaflet group is in a closed state, the valve leaflet group limits blood flow through the valve ring; the rotating type artificial mechanical heart valve of the application forms a spiral channel with the same rotation direction as the blood rotation flow state when the valve leaflet group is in the open state; the spiral channel is arranged to effectively rotate the blood flow, generate corresponding spiral flow state, and the rotation of the outlet blood flow is beneficial to the full flow and development of the blood flow in the aorta, reduces the turbulence, stagnation area and damage to the normal rotation flow state in the aorta, and the heart valve provided by the application has excellent hemodynamic characteristics and can effectively inhibit the aortic dilation complication caused by aortic valve replacement.

An aortic valve replacement prosthesis that is delivered through a catheter and does not depend only on friction for fixation. According to the device, multiple supporting arms (50) are provided on an intermediate portion (102) of a tubular body (105); the supporting arms are “D”-shaped after full expansion, and are fixed between a narrowest part (73) of the aorta close to the heart and a narrowest part (74) on an aortic annulus (70), so as to achieve sufficient match between the outer surfaces of the support arms (50) and surrounding tissues; each supporting arm (50) comprises three landing areas (54) and two bending sections (59). The present invention can accurately control the position of a valve to be released on the aortic annulus (70), and thus, adverse events caused by existing fixation relying solely on friction are avoided, thereby better curing aortic valve diseases.

Disclosed is a method for assisting a surgeon in bringing a medical implement having a marker to a target location within a body of a patient. According to some embodiments, the method includes receiving a first image of the medical implement on its way to the target location in the body of the patient; processing the image to obtain an enhanced image showing at least said marker; and providing the original image and the enhanced image for display to the surgeon, wherein the enhanced image is provided for display as an inset on a display of the first image.

The invention relates to an operation assisting system and a control method of the operation assisting system. The operation assisting system comprises a machine body, an actuator, a first adapter and a second adapter. The actuator is rotationally connected to the machine body and comprises a first transmission set and a second transmission set. The actuator has a first mounting position and a second mounting position relative to the machine body; at the first mounting position, the first adapter is detachably connected with the first transmission group; the first adapter is used for mounting a first aortic valve repair instrument; at a second mounting position; the second adapter is detachably connected with the second transmission group; and the second adapter is used for mounting a second aortic valve repair instrument. According to the operation auxiliary system, the position of the actuator relative to the machine body can be adjusted and controlled according to different clinical operation path requirements, an aortic valve replacement operation through a femoral artery operation path can be achieved, an aortic valve replacement operation through a cardiac apex operation path can also be achieved, and the requirement that a doctor is located on different operation sides of a patient is met.

The invention discloses a transcatheter aortic valve replacement auxiliary device, and relates to the technical field of TAVR treatment, and the transcatheter aortic valve replacement auxiliary device comprises a conveying and recycling unit which comprises a conveying pipe used for aortic valve replacement assistance; the protective umbrella unit is installed on the conveying pipe, used for intercepting thrombus / plaque and comprises a block body arranged on the surface of the conveying pipe in a sleeving mode, a rotating shaft is arranged on the block body in a rotating mode, and opening and closing pieces are installed on the rotating shaft and the conveying and recycling unit. The cerebral embolism risk is greatly reduced, operation safety is guaranteed, full coverage of three cerebral blood supply branches is achieved through the inverted-cone-shaped hollow filter screen, the aperture is accurately controlled within the balance interval of thrombus interception and blood circulation, thrombus / plaques can effectively enter the cerebral vessels of the brain, meanwhile, red blood cells and blood platelets are allowed to normally pass through, cerebral ischemia is avoided, and the blood circulation rate is increased. The hollow filter screen is made of a medical elastic material, the risk of blood vessel scratching is avoided in the unfolding / folding process, the protection effect and the biological safety are both considered, and a key guarantee is provided for high-risk patients.

To enable an accurate implant of an artificial valve and a precise development thereof in an aortic valve replacement surgery.SOLUTION: Disclosed is an artificial aortic valve which can expand and shrink in a radial direction and suitable for an implant of a balloon of a delivery catheter in a radially-shrunk state. The artificial aortic valve includes a support frame having three rows extending in a circumferential direction of an angled strut. One row of optional two continuous angles struts of the angles strut extending in the circumferential direction forms a peak and recess. A row of adjacent angled strut is mutually connected via a link (a diamond-shaped cell or a rhombohedral) and forms two rows of cell. The artificial aortic valve includes three valve projections, an inner skirt, and an outer skirt. The support frame and the delivery catheter provides a method for easily and accurately developing the artificial aortic valve at a target part.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Methods and devices are provided for protecting cerebrovascular circulation from embolic fragments released during indexed surgery. The embolic protection filter is delivered in a reduced profile configuration via the access catheter and positioned on the aorta across the three major vascular openings leading to the cerebral circulation. Thereafter, the indexing surgical catheter is advanced through the same access catheter to perform indexing surgery. The indexing procedure may be transcatheter aortic valve replacement.

The present disclosure relates to the field of medical device technology, and more specifically, to an artificial aortic valve sinus complex. The artificial aortic valve sinus complex comprises a leaflet lower edge skirt and leaflets. One side of the leaflet lower edge skirt is adapted to abut and connect to the valve annulus, while the leaflet lower edge is coupled to the other side of the leaflet lower edge skirt to form a valve pocket between the leaflet and the sinus wall. This solution reduces the operational difficulty of aortic valve replacement and improves the success rate of replacement.

The invention relates to an operation assisting system and a control method of the operation assisting system. The operation assisting system comprises a machine body, an actuator, an adapter assembly and a fixing assembly. The actuator is connected with the machine body; the adapter assembly comprises at least one adapter; the adapter is detachably connected with the actuator; the adapter is used for mounting an aortic valve repair instrument; the fixing assembly is connected with the actuator, and a fixing hole is formed in the fixing assembly and used for penetrating and fixing an inner sheath of the aortic valve repair instrument. When an aortic valve replacement operation is carried out through the operation auxiliary system, the inner sheath can better guide the outer sheath and the middle sheath of the catheter, so that the conveying tracks of the outer sheath and the inner sheath are more accurate, secondary injury to a patient is not easily caused, and when the catheter needs to release a balloon at a preset position for operation, the catheter is not prone to falling off. And the release position is more accurate.

A docking station for use in aortic valve replacement comprises an inner wire frame forming a valve seat configured to receive or couple to an artificial valve. The docking station may include an outer wire frame that may be joined to the inner wire frame at one or more apices, and the outer wire frame may include a series of cells about a circumference of the outer wire frame. The docking station may include a sealing skirt that extends from the valve seat to the apices and turns upward along an exterior region of the outer wire frame. The docking station may include a ratio of a width to a length of the docking station includes a ratio greater than 1:1 and less than 3:1.

The invention relates to an adapter, a surgical robot and a control method of the surgical robot. The adapter comprises a base, a first guide rod and a second guide rod. The base is slidably connected to the machine body. The support is used for supporting the aortic valve repair instrument; the first guide rod is in sliding connection with the base and is provided with a first guide hole; a catheter of the aortic valve repair instrument penetrates through the first guide hole; the second guide rod is connected with the machine body and is provided with a second guide hole; the second guide hole and the first guide hole are arranged at an interval and located on one side of the first guide hole away from the base. The second guide hole is used for allowing a catheter of the aortic valve repair instrument to penetrate through. When the adapter is installed on a surgical robot for an aortic valve replacement surgery, the first guide hole and the second guide hole can apply two spaced supporting points to the catheter to lift the catheter, so that the possibility that the catheter is bent and bent is reduced, and the catheter is not prone to collapse.

Systems and methods for monitoring and managing aortic valve stenosis are disclosed. An example medical device system includes a data receiver to receive heart sound information sensed by a mobile heart sound sensor, and a stenosis detector to detect changes in aortic valve surface area from a baseline non-stenosis state using heart sound components such as S1 and S2 sounds. Based on changes in aortic valve surface area, the stenosis detector may generate an aortic stenosis indicator indicating the presence and severity of aortic valve stenosis. Such indicators may be provided to the user, trigger symptom monitoring and estimation of functional deterioration of the patient, facilitate evaluation of patient candidate qualifications for aortic valve replacement, or triage of heart failure management strategies.

A method for supporting a medical procedure, the method comprising: obtaining a three-dimensional image of a vessel of a patient; deriving measurements of the vessel from the three-dimensional image; constructing a model of fluid flow in the vessel using the measurements; and using a trained machine learning model to make predictions about the medical procedure based on outputs of the model of fluid flow. The medical procedure may comprise implantation of a device and the predictions may comprise at least one of: a recommendation of a size or type of device; a recommendation of a placement of the device; and a predicted lifetime of the device in situ. The medical procedure may comprise an Aortic Valve Replacement, desirably a Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement or a valve-in-valve procedure.