公开(公告)号：US20220203078A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-30

申请号：US17696353

申请日：2022-03-16

Applicant: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

Inventor： Andrew Charles May

IPC: A61M27/00

Abstract: A method comprises rolling a medical implant to reduce a profile of the medical implant. The medical implant comprises a first end and a second end. The method further comprises inserting the medical implant into a catheter, delivering the catheter to a treatment location within a human body, and removing the medical implant from the catheter.

公开(公告)号：US20240335287A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-10

申请号：US18745063

申请日：2024-06-17

Applicant: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION

Inventor： Mark Chau ,  Travis Zenyo Oba ,  Sam Shafigh ,  Jean-Pierre Michel Rabbah ,  David M. Taylor ,  Philippe Marchand ,  Madison Paige Kukura ,  Cristobal R. Hernandez ,  Nancy Hoang Khuu ,  Florian Georg Deuschl ,  Biswa P. Das ,  Andrew Charles May ,  Bhumica A. Amin

IPC: A61F2/24

CPC classification number: A61F2/2463 ,  A61F2/2466 ,  A61F2220/0008 ,  A61F2230/0008

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for use with a valve of a heart. An implant (100) includes a wing (120); a flexible frame (124); and a pair of anchor receivers (150). A pair of shafts (660) are transluminally advanced through a catheter (40), while the shafts are each engaged with a respective anchor receiver (150), to deploy the implant out of the catheter such that the wing extends away from the anchor receivers and over a first leaflet of the valve and toward an opposing leaflet of the valve, with a contact face (122) of the wing facing the first leaflet. A pair of drivers (70) secure the implant using a pair of anchors (30) to anchor each anchor receiver to tissue at respective sites of the heart. Other implementations are also described.

公开(公告)号：US20240307184A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-19

申请号：US18662753

申请日：2024-05-13

Applicant: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION

Inventor： Jesse Robert Edwards ,  Travis Zenyo Oba ,  Andrew Charles May

IPC: A61F2/24

CPC classification number: A61F2/246 ,  A61F2/2454 ,  A61F2220/0008 ,  A61F2220/0091

Abstract: An implantable device includes one or more anchors. The anchors are configured to capture one or more leaflets of a native heart valve. The one or more anchors are configured to draw native valve leaflets into the device. The anchor portion can be extendable and retractable. The one or more anchors can be closed to secure the implantable device to the native valve leaflets.

公开(公告)号：US20220168015A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-02

申请号：US17676049

申请日：2022-02-18

Applicant: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

Inventor： Daniel James Murray ,  Lillian Grace Myers ,  Don Huy Tran ,  Michael G. Valdez ,  Andrew Charles May

IPC: A61B17/34 ,  A61M25/00

Abstract: A puncture needle can comprise an elongate portion, a puncture component associated with a distal end of the elongate portion, and a spacer associated with a distal portion of the elongate portion, where the spacer can be configured to contact a wall of the delivery catheter lumen to prevent contact between the puncture component and the wall. A puncture needle can comprise an elongate portion and a puncture component associated with a distal end of the elongate portion, where the puncture component comprises a blade edge on a distal edge, and where the puncture component is configured to be advanceable through a lumen of a delivery catheter without the blade edge sticking to a wall of the lumen.