Force transducting implant system for the mitigation of atrioventricular pressure gradient loss and the restoration of healthy ventricular geometry
AssigneeHarmony Development Group, Inc.
InventorsJohn Wilson, Christopher Seguin
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Abstract
An implant system for restoring and improving physiological intracardiac flow in a human heart is provided including a force transducting, structurally stabilizing, and functionally assisting ventricular inflatable cardiac implant within a human heart for restoring and improving physiologic intracardiac flow, restoring the ventricular vortex, preventing atrioventricular pressure gradient loss, mitigating valvular regurgitation, and utilizing native energy and force, via force transduction, to restore geometric elliptical proportion and function to the atria, the ventricles and ventricular walls, and the valvular apparatus itself.
Claims20
An implant for altering physiological intracardiac flow, the implant comprising:
- a housing structure including a central member having a proximal end and a distal end, a plurality of struts extending radially away from the distal end of the central member, a first ring having a first diameter operably coupled to the plurality of struts, and a second ring operably coupled to the plurality of struts, the central member defining a longitudinal axis, the first ring and the second ring each defining a plane that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the first ring disposed distally to the second ring;
- a skirt extending between the first ring and the second ring, the skirt extending around a circumference of the first ring and a circumference of the second ring;
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- a one-way valve disposed within the skirt, the one-way valve including a surface having a first end and a second end, the first end coupled around the circumference of the first ring, the one-way valve tapering from the first end towards the proximal end of the central member, the one-way valve having the first diameter at the first end and a second diameter at the second end, wherein the second diameter is smaller than the first diameter.
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