Adjustable Valve Annulus Remodeling Device
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for treating heart valve diseases, such as mitral and tricuspid valve regurgitation, often require cardiopulmonary bypass and are not adjustable, leading to recurring ventricular remodeling and geometric distortion issues.
Innovation Solution
A device with a ring-like structure and elongate members that can be secured to heart valves and geometry, featuring an adjustment mechanism to alter dimensions and lengths, allowing for simultaneous adjustment of the ring and elongate members to improve valve function and heart geometry without cardiopulmonary bypass.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If current methods for treating heart valve diseases are used, then valve function can be improved, but cardiopulmonary bypass is required and the treatment is not adjustable leading to recurring ventricular remodeling
Solution Approach 1:
The device incorporates an adjustment mechanism that allows the ring-like structure and elongate members to be dynamically adjusted after implantation. This enables the treatment to adapt over time to prevent recurring ventricular remodeling while maintaining improved valve function, resolving the contradiction between reliability and adaptability.
2Reliability
If current methods for treating heart valve diseases are used, then valve function can be improved, but cardiopulmonary bypass is required increasing treatment complexity and risk
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the adjustment mechanism from the traditional fixed annuloplasty ring, creating a separate controllable system. This allows the ring-like structure to be adjusted independently after implantation without requiring cardiopulmonary bypass, reducing treatment complexity and risk while maintaining valve function improvement.
3Reliability
If a fixed ring-like structure is used to treat valve annulus, then initial valve function improvement is achieved, but ventricular remodeling recurs over time
Solution Approach 1:
The adjustment mechanism transforms the fixed ring-like structure into a dynamic system that can be modified over time. This extends the duration of effective treatment by allowing adjustments to prevent ventricular remodeling recurrence, maintaining valve function improvement long-term.
4Reliability
If elongate members are secured to heart geometry, then ventricular remodeling is reduced, but the structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The elongate members serve multiple functions: they connect the ring-like structure to the heart geometry to reduce ventricular remodeling, and simultaneously serve as part of the adjustment mechanism. This multi-functionality reduces overall device complexity while maintaining heart geometry stability.
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AI summary
Devices and related methods of use are provided for improving heart function. In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a device includes a ring-like structure configured to be secured to a heart valve; at least one elongate member extending from the ring-like structure, wherein an end of the elongate member is configured to be secured to heart geometry other than a heart valve; and an adjustment mechanism for simultaneously altering a dimension of the ring-like structure and a length of the elongate member.