10 results about "Paravalvular leak" patented technology

The present invention provides a series of new percutaneous concepts of paravalvular repairs including identifying the leak location, several repair techniques and finally built-in means for leak prevention, built on percutaneous valves. A catheter-delivered device locates cavities occurring between a prosthetic valve (250) and the wall of the body vessel where the valve is implanted, the cavities producing paravalvular leaks during diastole, the device comprising at least one of a plurality of flexible wires, the wire having attached to it a balloon, wherein the balloon is pulled by the leak through the cavity and wherein the wire then serves to mark the cavity location.

A prosthetic heart valve includes a collapsible stent and a valve assembly disposed within the stent. A first cuff is disposed adjacent the stent. A second cuff having a distal edge facing the outflow end of the stent is disposed about the stent radially outward of the first cuff and the stent. The stent may include a plurality of fingers each having a first end coupled to a corresponding cell of the stent and a free end adapted to extend radially outward of the corresponding cell. The distal edge of the second cuff may be coupled to the fingers at spaced locations around the circumference of the stent to position the distal edge radially outward from the corresponding cells at the spaced locations. Various stent struts may be tapered to reduce the stent circumference in the collapsed condition, and to improve the fatigue resistance and / or bendability of the stent.

A prosthetic heart valve for replacing a native valve includes a collapsible and expandable stent having a proximal end and a distal end, the stent being formed of a plurality of struts forming cells. A valve assembly is disposed within the stent, the valve assembly including a plurality of leaflets and a cuff. At least one runner is coupled to a cell and configured to transition from a first configuration to a second configuration when the stent moves from the collapsed condition to the expanded condition.

Heart valve replacement often involves complications associated with paravalvular leaks. Vascular plug and occlusive devices, as well as heart valves particularly beneficial in treating the phenomenon of paravalvular leaks are described to address this issue.

The present invention provides a prosthetic heart valve device with improved fit, apposition and / or paravalvular leakage mitigation. Thus, the prosthetic device comprises an anchoring structure for supporting prosthetic valve leaflets, wherein the anchoring structure comprises and / or is formed at least partially from a hydrophilic material designed to swell when contacted by the water solute in the patient's blood. Locating the hydrophilic material to provide swelling to improve the fit and / or apposition of the device to the patient's tissues results in, inter alia, improved paravalvular leakage mitigation. Some of the methods and mechanisms described herein may also be used to provide a seal against the septal hole created during transseptal delivery of the device.

A device and method for anchoring or stabilizing a transcatheter bioprosthetic heart valve and treating or repairing paravalvular leaks following replacement of a patient's native cardiac valve, including the aortic, mitral, tricuspid, and pulmonary valves. The device includes a scaffold anchor that is placed through a native leaflet and into the adjacent annular region to anchor the transcatheter bio prosthetic heart valve due to lack of calcification, tissue asymmetry, or irregular annular morphology. The scaffold anchor may be delivered and positioned with standard transcatheter bioprosthetic heart valve delivery procedures, such as TAVR, TMVR, TTVR, and TPVR.

The present invention relates to a system, a method, a computer program and a computer program product for automatically assessing a risk of paravalvular leaks after a clinical intervention for implanting a prosthetic cardiac valve in a patient according to the independent claims. A system (100) for automatically assessing a risk of paravalvular leaks after a clinical intervention for implanting a prosthetic cardiac valve in a patient comprises an input interface (101) for obtaining data and a computing unit (102). The computing unit (102) is adapted to obtain first input data (201) acquired before the start of the clinical intervention via the input interface (101), the first input data comprising image data of a patient and comprising image data of a region of interest including the aortic root, preferably CT image data. The computing unit (102) is preferably adapted to pre-analyse the first input data. The computing unit (102) is adapted to classify the patient into one of two main classes of likelihood of paravalvular leaks on basis of the first input data.

The present invention relates to a system, a method, a computer program and a computer program product for automatically assessing a risk of paravalvular leaks after a clinical intervention for implanting a prosthetic cardiac valve in a patient according to the independent claims. A system (100) for automatically assessing a risk of paravalvular leaks after a clinical intervention for implanting a prosthetic cardiac valve in a patient comprises an input interface (101) for obtaining data and a computing unit (102). The computing unit (102) is adapted to obtain first input data (201) acquired before the start of the clinical intervention via the input interface (101), the first input data comprising image data of a patient and comprising image data of a region of interest including the aortic root, preferably CT image data. The computing unit (102) is preferably adapted to pre-analyse the first input data. The computing unit (102) is adapted to classify the patient into one of two main classes of likelihood of paravalvular leaks on basis of the first input data.