Paravalvular leak occlusion device for self-expanding heart valves
AssigneeAGA Medical Corporation
InventorGregory James Dakin
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Abstract
An occluder for sealing gaps between a medical device and adjacent body tissue includes an expandable body configured to fill the gaps between the medical device and the body tissue. The occluder includes a fastener at one end of the body and adapted to couple to a first end of the medical device, and an expandable disk at the other end of the body and adapted to couple to the medical device at a position spaced from the first end.
Claims20
An occluder device for occluding a gap between a medical device and adjacent body tissue, the occluder device comprising:
- an expandable body having a first end and a second end;
- a fastener coupled to the first end of the body;
- and
- an expandable disk coupled to the second end of the body.
A method for occluding a gap between a prosthetic heart valve and adjacent body tissue, the method comprising:
- delivering an occluder into an interior of the heart valve, the occluder including (i) an expandable body, (ii) a fastener coupled to one end of the body, and (iii) an expandable disk coupled to another end of the body;
- advancing the occluder through a cell of the heart valve to an outside of the heart valve;
- coupling the fastener to one end of the prosthetic heart valve;
- and
- coupling the expandable disk to the prosthetic heart valve at a position spaced from the one end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.