31 results about "Embolic Protection Devices" patented technology

A system for transvascular delivery to an aortic arch of a patient includes an embolic protection device, a connector mechanism, and a catheter or sheath for delivering the embolic protection device to a working zone. The embolic protection device includes a support frame having a distal portion and a proximal portion, and a filter member attached to the support frame and configured for preventing embolic materials from passing there through. At least one of the distal portion and the proximal portion includes a spring section configured for providing a radial force between the support frame and a wall of the aortic arch when in an expanded state. The embolic protection device is pivotable axially but not radially relative to the connector mechanism.

The present disclosure provides an embolic protection device comprising a metal wire or metal ribbon with an elliptical or flat cross-section, pre-formed into a spiral structure wound around its short axis. The formed embolic protection device can be deployed within a tubular object and introduced into the target blood vessel through the tube. The elasticity of the material enables it to revert to a predetermined shape, thereby effectively intercepting emboli. The device is characterized by a smaller curvature, enhanced recovery to the preset shape, and reduced interference with blood flow.

Embolic protection device (1) inside a blood vessel (10) comprising a filament preformed as a double conical spiral structure with a first peripheral zone (2) formed by a floppy (3) followed by a first set of coils (4) in the form of a cone; a central zone (5) formed by at least one central coil and a second peripheral zone (6), following the central zone (5), formed by a second set of coils (7) and a terminal means (8) located at the end of the second set of coils (7), wherein the second set of coils (7) is movable from an open position to a closed position, forming a cone of ascending diameter in the direction of blood flow inthe openposition , and a cone of descending diameter in the direction of blood flow through the central zone (5) in the closed position.

An embolic protection device includes a frame, an edge filter screen, and a plurality of supporting rods that are arranged at intervals. Each supporting rod includes a first tail end, a second tail end, and at least one head end that faces a distal end. The first tail end and the second tail end are separately connected to two opposite sides of the frame. The first tail end and the second tail end separately form a first line segment and a second line segment with the head end. The first line segment extends in a direction from the first tail end to the head end and gradually moves away from the frame, and the second line segment extends in a direction from the second tail end to the head end and gradually moves away from the frame.

An intravascular catheter device and methods for using the same are provided. An expandable portion is provided at a distal end of a flexible catheter tube and includes struts operable between a first position and a second position where the struts are moved outward from the first position. An incising member is provided at, and extends along a lengthwise dimension of, and outward from, at least one of the struts. An embolic protection device is provided which is configured for movement between a first position and a second position where the embolic protection device is enlarged relative to said first position.

Disclosed herein are clot treatment systems including mechanical thrombectomy devices and clot treatment devices, and associated devices and methods. In some embodiments, a method of removing clot material from a blood vessel of a patient includes inserting a catheter to proximate the clot material within the blood vessel while radially constraining a clot treatment device and an embolic protection device within the catheter. The clot treatment device can include a balloon catheter including an inflation port positioned on a proximal end of the balloon catheter and fluidly connected to a balloon on a distal end thereof. The balloon catheter includes an inflation control device fluidly connected to the inflation port, wherein the inflation control device is configured to reduce pressure within the balloon during inflation of the balloon.

The invention discloses machining equipment and a machining method of an embolism protection device, the embolism protection device comprises a supporting frame and a filter screen connected to the supporting frame, the machining equipment comprises a mold, a first mold body and a second mold body, the first mold body and the second mold body are movably matched, and the mold is used for clamping the supporting frame and the filter screen; the shaping assembly movably goes in and out of the hollow area and is used for abutting against the filter screen for shaping, and the shaping assembly comprises a crown part provided with a shaping surface corresponding to the filter screen in structure; the driving mechanism is in transmission fit with one side, back on to the shaping surface, of the crown part; the energy supply assembly comprises a coil which heats the supporting frame through electromagnetic induction, and the distance between the coil and the supporting frame is adjustable. Based on heating of the supporting frame, shaping of the filter screen and combination of the filter screen and the supporting frame are integrated from inside to outside, the production efficiency and the product percent of pass are improved, and the operation requirement is lowered.

To provide a catheter with a suitable integrated embolic protection device. [Solution] The artificial heart valve delivery catheter includes an embolic filter to provide integrated embolic protection to prevent the release of embolus into the aorta, aortic arch, or branch vessels and other vascular systems during transvascular heart valve replacement procedures. The embolic filter will typically be fixed or movably attached to the shaft of the delivery catheter proximal to the artificial heart valve.

This invention provides a graded embolization protection device, belonging to the field of vascular interventional medical device technology. The device includes a delivery guidewire, with multiple protection units fixedly arranged at intervals at the distal end of the guidewire. Each protection unit has a proximal open end and a distal closed end, and each protection unit has a flexible support frame for support at a target location. Multiple open areas are formed on the support frame, and a soft, elastic filter membrane is arranged on the edge of each open area or on the sidewall of the entire support frame to cover the open area. In use, the multiple protection units are axially deployed graded along the target location, with the flexible support frame of each protection unit fully conforming to the inner wall of the blood vessel, and the soft, elastic filter membrane intercepting emboli in the blood flow. This addresses at least the technical problems of existing embolization protection devices, such as poor flexibility due to the high coverage of the rigid support structure, difficulty in adapting to complex vascular morphologies, and poor fit with the vascular wall, leading to embolism escape.

The present invention includes an embolic protection device comprising a catheter having a self-expanding embolic filter that is disposed around the catheter proximal to a distal portion, wherein the embolic filter comprises a frame, and the frame defines an opening of the embolic filter that faces the distal end of the catheter; a deployment mechanism that is disposed around at least a portion of the catheter, wherein the deployment mechanism is longitudinally movable with respect to the catheter, the deployment mechanism is configured to contain the embolic filter in a collapsed configuration, and the embolic filter is configured to self-expand upon the longitudinal retraction of the deployment mechanism; and a wire coupled to the frame for expanding the size or diameter of the embolic filter opening.

The utility model relates to the field of medical instruments, and discloses an embolism protection device which comprises a guide wire, a balloon assembly, a filter membrane and an outer tube, the balloon assembly is arranged on the guide wire in a sleeving mode and provided with a blood flow channel, the far end of the balloon assembly is fixedly connected with the guide wire, a plurality of filter holes are formed in the filter membrane, and the filter membrane is provided with an opening end and a tail end; the filter membrane wraps the outer surface of the balloon assembly, the open end wraps the near end of the balloon assembly, the tail end of the filter membrane wraps the far end, the guide wire is sleeved with the outer tube, the outer tube is located on one side of the near end, a charging and discharging channel is formed between the outer tube and the guide wire, and the near end is communicated with the charging and discharging channel. The filter membrane is arranged on the outer surface of the balloon assembly, the balloon assembly is filled and collided to support the filter membrane, the filter membrane is tightly attached to the inner wall of the blood vessel, thrombus is prevented from escaping from the gap between the filter membrane and the inner wall of the blood vessel, the filter holes are formed in the filter membrane, the thrombus in blood is filtered through the filter membrane, and the thrombus is prevented from escaping.

Embolic protection device for insertion into an aortic arch, with a filter unit, a frame and a feed unit, wherein the filter unit is arranged at the frame and the frame provides a proximal area having a proximal shape, which is arranged in an inner area of the frame and is connected to the feed unit, wherein the proximal shape has a first part and a second part, wherein the second part is formed at one end of the first part.

Disclosed herein are clot treatment systems including an integrated / systematic mechanical thrombectomy device and a clot treatment device, and associated devices and methods. In some embodiments, a method of removing clot material from a blood vessel of a patient includes inserting a catheter within the blood vessel proximate the clot material while radially constraining a clot handling device and an embolic protection device within the catheter. The method may also include moving the catheter proximally to at least partially deploy the clot treatment device to a distal side of the clot material within the blood vessel, and then further moving the catheter proximally to at least partially deploy the embolic protection device to a proximal side of the clot material.

The invention discloses machining equipment and a machining method.The embolism protection device comprises a supporting frame and a filter screen connected to the supporting frame, the machining equipment comprises a mold and an energy supply assembly, and the mold comprises a first mold body and a second mold body which are movably matched; the first mold and the second mold are used for clamping the supporting frame and the filter screen, and at least one of the first mold and the second mold is provided with a hollow area for exposing the middle of the filter screen; the energy supply assembly is used for heating the supporting frame clamped by the mold. The shaping of the filter screen and the combination of the filter screen and the supporting frame are integrated, the amplitude of wrapping the annular frame by the filter screen can be adjusted according to the pressure and the change of the elastic piece, the production efficiency is improved, and the operation difficulty is reduced.

A conformable embolic protection device comprising a filter body comprising a tubular porous mesh material having an open upstream end, an open downstream end, and an access port spaced inwardly from each of said ends, said access port comprising an expandable opening configured to conform to at least one working catheter passing therethrough, a radially collapsible support coupled to a periphery of the downstream end of the filter body, a conformable section at the upstream end of the filter body, a catheter body having a distal end coupled to the radially collapsible support, and a delivery sheath having a lumen configured to receive and radially constrain the filter body.

The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for an embolic protection system. In some embodiments, the system may include a delivery catheter, an embolic protection apparatus, and a retrieval catheter. In some embodiments, an embolic protection apparatus comprises a wire, an expandable loop connected to a porous filter, and a dilator at the distal end of the device.

This invention discloses an embolism protection device, belonging to the field of interventional therapy device technology. It includes: a slender support body and a filter assembly sleeved around the slender support body. The filter assembly includes a proximal filter membrane support and a filter membrane. The proximal end of the filter membrane is an open end, and the distal end is a closed end. The proximal end of the filter membrane is connected to the slender support body via the proximal filter membrane support. The open end forms an opening for thrombi to enter the filter membrane, and the closed end forms a seal to trap the thrombus. The filter membrane includes a recessed portion formed from the closed end towards the proximal end, and the recessed portion is fixedly connected to the slender support body. With this configuration, when the filter membrane intercepts thrombi, the recessed portion guides the intercepted thrombi to be more dispersed within the filter membrane around the recessed portion. Compared to the closed end of a traditional conical filter, the closed end of the filter membrane is less prone to thrombus accumulation, reducing the risk of blood flow obstruction due to excessive thrombus buildup.

The invention provides an intracranial embolism protection device, and belongs to the technical field of interventional therapy equipment. The device comprises a conveying guide wire, an embolus collecting part and a supporting part which are integrally connected are arranged at the far end of the conveying guide wire, the supporting part is arranged at the near end of the embolus collecting part, the embolus collecting part and the supporting part have a contraction state and an expansion state, and the supporting part in the expansion state is of a cylindrical structure automatically attached to the blood vessel wall. The support part is used for fully fitting blood vessels and guiding blood flow to flow to the embolus collection part along the support part; the technical problems that in the prior art, a far-end protection umbrella is poor in wall attaching effect, consequently, the interception effect is poor, and the contact area between the near-end opening position of the protection umbrella and the blood vessel wall is small, and blood vessels are damaged easily are mainly solved.

The application discloses an embolism protection device and an embolism protection system. The embolism protection device comprises a delivery guide wire, a support framework, an elastic bag and a filter. The delivery guide wire has a cavity structure. The support framework has a cavity structure, and a proximal end of the support framework is connected to the delivery guide wire. The support framework is arranged to be telescopic so that a distal end of the support framework has an expansion state and a contraction state. The elastic bag is arranged at the distal end of the support framework, and the elastic bag is communicated with the cavity structure of the support framework. Filling medium entering through the cavity structure of the delivery guide wire makes the elastic bag expand and fill so as to drive the distal end of the support framework to expand. The filter is connected to the elastic bag and changes in shape with the change of the elastic bag. After the elastic bag and the filter expand, the elastic bag and the filter are attached to the inner wall of a blood vessel. Since the elastic bag has a certain elasticity, the elastic bag can not cause damage to the blood vessel under the condition that the elastic bag is well attached to the inner wall of the blood vessel.

The invention provides an intracranial embolism protection device, and belongs to the technical field of interventional operation medical instruments. The intracranial embolism protection device comprises a balloon guide wire, a filling valve body and a conveying catheter, an intercepting filter screen capable of automatically expanding is arranged at the far end of the balloon guide wire, a balloon body is arranged at the opening position of the near end of the intercepting filter screen, the balloon guide wire is provided with a filling section and a bare wire section located at the far end of the filling section, and the filling section is provided with a guide wire body. A protective layer is arranged on the outer side of the guide wire body, a filling channel extending in the axial direction is formed between the guide wire body and the protective layer, a balloon body is arranged at the far end of the protective layer, and the balloon body is communicated with the filling channel; the filling valve body is detachably arranged at the near end of the guide wire body and is used for being connected with filling equipment to charge and discharge the balloon body; the conveying catheter is used for conveying the balloon guide wire to the far end of the lesion narrow position; the technical problems that in the prior art, a far-end filter screen has the edge leakage risk, and emboli cannot be completely intercepted are mainly solved.

An embolic protection device comprising a filter body comprising a tubular porous mesh material having an outer layer and an inner layer with an open upstream end, an open downstream end, a radially collapsible support coupled to a periphery of the downstream end of the filter body. There is a catheter body having a distal end coupled to the radially collapsible support, and a delivery sheath having a lumen configured to receive and radially constrain the filter body.

A catheter for carotid artery stenting includes a proximal catheter segment adapted to terminate with its distal end within a common carotid artery (CCA) and a distal catheter segment adapted to terminate within an external carotid artery (ECA). A working lumen extends distally through the proximal catheter segment. A CCA occlusion balloon is secured within the distal region of the proximal catheter segment and a ECA occlusion balloon is secured within the distal region of the distal catheter segment. A first shunt port is disposed within the proximal catheter segment proximal of the CCA occlusion balloon and a second shunt port is disposed within the distal catheter segment distal of the ECA occlusion balloon. A shunt lumen extending between the first shunt port and the second shunt port allows antegrade blood flow from proximal of the CCA occlusion balloon to distal of the ECA occlusion balloon.

An embolic protection device (100) comprises a frame (110), a side filter screen (120) and a plurality of support rods (130) arranged at intervals, the support rods (130) comprising a first end (131), a second end (131) and at least one distal head end (132), the first end (131) and the second end (131) being connected to opposite sides of the frame (110) respectively, the first end (131), the second end (131) and the head end (132) forming a first line segment (V1), a second line segment (V2) and a third line segment (V3) respectively, the first line segment (V1) extending from the first end (131) to the head end (132) and gradually away from the frame (110), the second line segment (V2) extending from the second end (131) to the head end (132) and gradually away from the frame (110), so that the plurality of support rods (130) props up the side filter screen (120) on the plurality of support rods (130) in a direction away from the frame (110). The device can fit the side filter screen to the three branches of the aortic arch without the aid of a sheath core, and in actual application, the frame and the support rods interact and promote each other, enabling the frame to be stably fixed at the aortic arch, and also enabling each support rod to give the filter screen greater upward support, thereby enabling the side filter screen to better fit the aortic arch.

The application discloses a processing equipment and a processing method of an embolism protection device, the embolism protection device comprising a support frame and a filter screen connected to the support frame, the processing equipment comprising: a mold comprising a first mold and a second mold movably matched to clamp the support frame and the filter screen; a shaping assembly movably entering and leaving a hollow area to be in abutment with the filter screen for shaping, the shaping assembly comprising: a crown having a shaping surface corresponding to a configuration of the filter screen; a driving mechanism in transmission cooperation with a side of the crown away from the shaping surface; and a power supply assembly comprising a coil to heat the support frame through electromagnetic induction and adjustable in distance from the support frame. The application integrates the shaping of the filter screen and the combination of the filter screen and the support frame from inside to outside based on the heating of the support frame, improves production efficiency and product qualification rate, and reduces operation requirements.

Devices and methods are discussed herein for protection from embolisms and microembolisms in a subject undergoing catheter-based intravascular procedures. The embolic protection devices have an expandable support frame comprising U-shaped members and leg members which facilitate proper placements in a defective valve annulus. The filtering devices expand in the vessels and allow blood flow to continue through the vessels, thereby catching and removing debris of the flowing blood. Also disclosed are embolic protection devices for use with a sutureless valve prosthesis which is implanted via catheter-based methods.

The invention relates to embolic protection devices and methods thereof, which are configured to be deployed before a medical intervention that might generate micro and / or macro emboly. The embolic protection devices comprise a capture element configured to provide embolic protection for the distal body of the patient. The embolic protection devices are configured to divert flow using a funnel-type flow diverter.

A collapsible, transluminally deliverable embolic protection device (200) for temporarily positioning in the aortic arch is disclosed. The device is connectable to a transluminal delivery unit (130) extending proximally from a connection point (131). The device has a frame with a periphery, and a blood permeable unit within said periphery for preventing embolic particles from passing therethrough into side vessels of said aortic arch to the brain of a patient. Further, the device has at least one tissue apposition sustaining unit, not being a delivery shaft of said device, for application of a force offset to said connection point at said device, such as at said periphery, towards an inner wall of said aortic arch when said device is positioned in said aortic arch, such that tissue apposition of said periphery to an inner wall of said aortic arch is supported by said force. In addition related methods are disclosed.

The invention relates to a device for providing vascular wall protection and embolic protection in the cardiovascular system of a patient. The invention provides an embolism protection device with a blood vessel wall reinforcing and protecting function. The embolism protection device comprises an expandable filter screen type cylindrical frame structure and at least two filter screen type internal filtering structures. The internal filtering structures are coaxially arranged along the central axis of the cylindrical frame structure, one internal filtering structure is arranged at the downstream end of the cylindrical frame structure, and the other internal filtering structures are arranged at intervals in the axial direction of the cylindrical frame structure. Each internal filter structure includes a conduit port, a peripheral connection, and a filter screen. A collection chamber for capturing embolism is defined by a space located on the upstream side of the blood flow between the catheter port, the outer peripheral joining part, the filter screen and the inner wall of the cylindrical frame structure. By arranging more than one internal filtering structure, the contact area between the protection device and the blood flow can be increased, so that embolism debris can be captured more completely.

Disclosed herein are clot treatment systems including mechanical thrombectomy devices and clot treatment devices, and associated devices and methods. In some embodiments, a method of removing clot material from a blood vessel of patient includes inserting a catheter to proximate the clot material within the blood vessel while radially constraining a clot treatment device and an embolic protection device within the catheter. The method can further include moving the catheter proximally to deploy the clot treatment device at least partially distal to clot material within the blood vessel, and then moving the catheter further proximally to deploy the embolic protection device at least partially proximal to the clot material. The clot treatment device can include one or more relief features configured to release captured clot material if the force on the clot treatment device exceeds a threshold.