Delivery device and methods of use for transapical delivery of replacement valve
AssigneeEdwards Lifesciences CardiAQ LLC
InventorsGarrett Dallas Johnson, David Robert Landon, Lindsay Lam, Glen T. Rabito, Alexander H. Cooper
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Abstract
Devices, systems and methods are described for implantation of a prosthesis within a lumen or body cavity and delivery systems for delivering the prosthesis to a location for implantation. A delivery system can include a tether connected to a single directional handle knob for release of the prosthesis within the lumen or body cavity and retraction of the tether towards the handle.
Claims20
A method of delivering an expandable replacement mitral valve, the method comprising:
- advancing a delivery system through a hole in an apex of a heart into a left ventricle of the heart and within chordae tendineae, the delivery system comprising:
- an elongate hollow member shaft having an elongate hollow member shaft lumen;
- a nose cone shaft extending through the elongate hollow member shaft lumen;
- a nose cone located on a distal end of the nose cone shaft, the nose cone having a nose cone shaft lumen extending therethrough;
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- a balloon located at least partially on a radially outward facing external surface of the nose cone when in a fully inflated configuration and a fully deflated configuration, the balloon being in fluid communication with the nose cone shaft lumen;
- inflating the balloon from the fully deflated configuration to an inflated configuration in order to move the chordae tendineae away from the delivery system;
- advancing the delivery system through a mitral annulus into a left atrium of the heart;
- and
- releasing the expandable replacement mitral valve.
A method of delivering an expandable replacement valve in a human heart, the method comprising:
- advancing a delivery system through an apex of a heart and into a left ventricle of the heart, the delivery system including an expandable replacement valve, wherein the delivery system comprises:
- an outer shaft having a lumen within which the expandable replacement valve is configured to be retained during the advancing of the delivery system through the apex of the heart and into the left ventricle of the heart;
- an inner shaft sized to extend through the lumen of the outer shaft;
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- an inflatable balloon located along a distal end portion of the inner shaft;
- inflating the balloon from a deflated configuration to an inflated configuration;
- advancing at least the inner shaft of the delivery system with the balloon in the inflated configuration from the left ventricle through a mitral annulus and towards a left atrium of the heart, thereby ensuring that the delivery system does not get entangled within chordae tendineae within the left ventricle or native mitral valve leaflets within the mitral annulus;
- positioning the delivery system such that the expandable replacement valve is positioned at a location of the mitral annulus;
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- releasing the expandable replacement valve from the delivery system within the mitral annulus for replacing the function of a native mitral valve.
A method for the controlled deployment of a replacement heart valve, the method comprising:
- inserting a distal end of a delivery system through an aperture in a heart into a left ventricle of the heart;
- inflating a balloon located on a nose cone of the delivery system;
- translating the delivery system distally to pass the inflated balloon through a mitral annulus and into a left atrium of the heart;
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- releasing a replacement heart valve from the delivery system into the mitral annulus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.