CATHETER-GUIDED REPLACEMENT VALVES APPARATUS AND METHODS

• Main Authors: QUIJANO, RODOLFO C, CLARK, JASON K
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: 24.05.2016
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

The present invention is a replacement mitral valve suitable for catheter-based deployment. The replacement mitral valve has structure and dimensions that are uniquely suited to engage the annulus surrounding the native mitral valve and to restore normal function to a diseased valve. The invention describes the structures and functions of a replacement mitral valve and methods that are adapted for minimally invasive, catheter-based deployment of the valve. La presente invención es una válvula mitral de sustitución adecuada para el despliegue basándose en un catéter. La válvula mitral de sustitución presenta una estructura y unas dimensiones que están singularmente indicadas para encajar con el anillo que rodea la válvula mitral original y para restaurar la función normal de una válvula enferma. La invención describe las estructuras y funciones de una válvula mitral de sustitución y unos procedimientos que están adaptados para el despliegue basado en un catéter mínimamente invasivo de la válvula.