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US 2026/0207330 A1Published application
Prosthetic valve support with flow channels
AssigneeEdwards Lifesciences Corporation
InventorMichael G. Valdez
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Abstract
An implant may include a framework of struts forming a tunnel, where the framework of struts includes an elbow separating a first span and a second span of the implant; a first opening to the tunnel associated with the first span including a generally circular-shaped opening; and a second opening to the tunnel associated with the second span including a generally oval-shaped opening.
Claims20
An implant comprising:
- a framework of struts forming a tunnel, the framework of struts including:
- an elbow separating a first span and a second span of the implant;
- a first opening to the tunnel associated with the first span including a generally circular-shaped opening;
- and
- a second opening to the tunnel associated with the second span including a generally oval-shaped opening.
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A method of deploying an artificial valve, comprising:
- guiding a delivery catheter through a body of a patient to a first hepatic vein;
- deploying a first implant so that a first span of the first implant is disposed within the first hepatic vein and a second span of the first implant is disposed outside of the first hepatic vein, a first elbow separating the first span and the second span of the first implant;
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- deploying a valve framework at a junction between an inferior vena cava (IVC) and a right atrium (RA) of the patient, the valve framework abutting at least part of the second span of the first implant.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.