Left atrial appendage occluder for improving sealing effect and manufacturing method thereof
View Patent ↗A left atrial appendage occluder for improving sealing effect and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The left atrial appendage occluder includes a sealing portion and an anchoring portion coupled to the sealing portion. The sealing portion and the anchoring portion abut against each other. A tight connection between the sealing portion and the anchoring portion can be achieved by applying a pre-tightening force, such that the left atrial appendage occluder can be better attached to and occlude the left atrial appendage after being release.
1. A left atrial appendage occluder for improving sealing effect, comprising:
a sealing portion; and
an anchoring portion coupled to the sealing portion;
wherein the sealing portion and the anchoring portion are abutted against each other, wherein peripheral regions of the anchoring portion and the sealing portion are abutted against each other, the peripheral regions of the anchoring portion and the sealing portion are regions around connection parts of the anchoring portion and the sealing portion.
2. The left atrial appendage occluder for improving sealing effect of claim 1 , wherein the sealing portion comprises a disc surface facing away from the anchoring portion, a disc bottom facing the anchoring portion, and an intermediate part connecting the disc surface and the disc bottom, and wherein the disc bottom is planar, or a middle part of the disc bottom protrudes toward the anchoring portion, or the middle part of the disc bottom protrudes away from the anchoring portion.
3. The left atrial appendage occluder for improving sealing effect of claim 2 , wherein the sealing portion is provided with a presetting state and an abutting state, and wherein in the presetting state the sealing portion is free from contact with the anchoring portion, and in the abutting state the sealing portion is in contact with the anchoring portion, and wherein a diameter of the disc bottom in the presetting state is larger than a diameter of the disc bottom in the abutting state.
4. The left atrial appendage occluder for improving sealing effect of claim 2 , wherein the sealing portion is provided with a presetting state and an abutting state, and wherein in the presetting state the sealing portion is free from contact with the anchoring portion, and in the abutting state the sealing portion is in contact with the anchoring portion, and wherein at least one of the intermediate part and the disc bottom of the sealing portion in the abutting state has a deformation with respect to the presetting state.
5. The left atrial appendage occluder for improving sealing effect of claim 4 , wherein the intermediate part of the sealing portion in the abutting state has a radially contracted deformation with respect to the presetting state, and the disc bottom of the sealing portion in the abutting state has a deformation protruding toward the anchoring portion axially with respect to the presetting state.
6. The left atrial appendage occluder for improving sealing effect of claim 1 , wherein connection parts of the sealing portion and the anchoring portion are connected in a staggered manner.
7. The left atrial appendage occluder for improving sealing effect of claim 1 , wherein:
the sealing portion and the anchoring portion are constricted and converged respectively, and the sealing portion and the anchoring portion are connected together via a connector;
the sealing portion comprises a bottom part facing the anchoring portion, and the bottom part of the sealing portion comprises a first converging part;
a middle part of the anchoring portion in a radial direction comprises a second converging part; and
the first converging part and the second converging part extend toward each other and are fixed together in a staggered manner.
8. The left atrial appendage occluder for improving sealing effect of claim 7 , wherein the first converging part and the second converging part are arranged side-by-side in the staggered manner or are arranged in a nesting inside and outside in the staggered manner.
9. The left atrial appendage occluder for improving sealing effect of claim 7 , wherein:
the anchoring portion extends from the connector away from the sealing portion to form an extending portion;
one side of the extending portion facing away from the connector is bent outward and turns back to the bottom part of the sealing portion to form a turning-back portion;
the turning-back portion bends inward and is constricted at the bottom part of the sealing portion to form a necked opening portion; and
the necked opening portion abuts against the bottom part of the sealing portion.
10. The left atrial appendage occluder for improving sealing effect of claim 9 , wherein the necked opening portion is suspended above a periphery of the extending portion or connected to the extending portion, the extending portion is in a tapered shape, and an end of the extending portion having a larger diameter is disposed away from the connector and is provided with an opening.
11. The left atrial appendage occluder for improving sealing effect of claim 9 , wherein the anchoring portion is provided with a presetting state and an abutting state, and wherein in the presetting state the anchoring portion is free from contact with the sealing portion, and wherein in the abutting state the anchoring portion is in contact with the sealing portion, and the connector is farther away from the sealing portion than the necked opening portion along an axial direction of the anchoring portion in the presetting state, and wherein the connector is flush with the necked opening portion or farther away from the sealing portion than the necked opening portion along the axial direction of the anchoring portion in the abutting state.
12. The left atrial appendage occluder for improving sealing effect of claim 7 , wherein the connector comprises an outer ring and an inner ring nested within the outer ring, and wherein one of the first converging part and the second converging part extends through and is fixed in the inner ring, and the other one of the first converging part and the second converging part extends through and is fixed in a gap between the inner ring and the outer ring.
13. The left atrial appendage occluder for improving sealing effect of claim 7 , wherein the connector comprises an outer ring and an inner ring nested within the outer ring, and wherein one of the first converging part and the second converging part extends through and is fixed in a gap between the inner ring and the outer ring, and the other one of the first converging part and the second converging part penetrates through the inner ring and is provided with a retainer abutted against the connector, the retainer being fixed to one end of the inner ring where the other one of the first converging part and the second converging part extends out.
14. The left atrial appendage occluder for improving sealing effect of claim 7 , wherein the connector comprises a body having two passages arranged side by side, and wherein the first converging part and the second converging part extend through the two passages respectively and are provided with two retainers abutted against respective sides of the passages where the first converging part and the second converging part extend out correspondingly.
15. The left atrial appendage occluder for improving sealing effect of claim 1 , wherein the sealing portion is a sealing disc and is provided with a presetting state and an abutting state, and wherein in the presetting state the sealing portion is free from contact with the anchoring portion, and wherein in the abutting state the sealing portion is in contact with the anchoring portion, and a middle part of a disc bottom of the sealing disc in the abutting state is deformed facing axially toward the anchoring portion with respect to the presetting state.
16. The left atrial appendage occluder for improving sealing effect of claim 1 , wherein:
the sealing portion and the anchoring portion are formed individually and abut against each other during an assembling process; and
after thermoforming the sealing portion and the anchoring portion are assembled together, and wherein the sealing portion and the anchoring portion are in a first state in an initial contact with each other during assembly, and wherein connection parts of the sealing portion and the anchoring portion are in a second state after axially moving a predetermined distance toward each other.
17. The left atrial appendage occluder for improving sealing effect of claim 16 , wherein the connection parts of the sealing portion and the anchoring portion are respectively disposed at middle parts of the sealing portion and the anchoring portion in a radial direction, and wherein in the first state the sealing portion and the anchoring portion are in contact with each other at peripheral regions around the connection parts respectively.
18. The left atrial appendage occluder for improving sealing effect of claim 17 , wherein in the second state a part of the sealing portion connected with the anchoring portion moved towards the anchoring portion with respect to the first state, and the predetermined distance is defined according to one of:
an axial force of the connection parts between the sealing portion and the anchoring portion;
a pressing force at contacting parts of the sealing portion and the anchoring portion; and
a deformation of the part of the sealing portion connected with the anchoring portion.
19. The left atrial appendage occluder for improving sealing effect of claim 18 , wherein the deformation is an axial displacement of a predetermined part of the sealing portion, or an angle between the predetermined part of the sealing portion and an axis of the sealing portion.
20. A method for manufacturing a left atrial appendage occluder for improving sealing effect of claim 1 , comprising:
performing thermoforming on the sealing portion and the anchoring portion;
when assembling the sealing portion with the anchoring portion, causing the sealing portion and the anchoring portion to move toward each other to reach a first state, wherein in the first state the sealing portion and the anchoring portion are in initial contact with each other;
causing the sealing portion and the anchoring portion to move axially toward each other a predetermined distance to reach a second state; and
fixing connection parts of the sealing portion and the anchoring portion together, wherein the connection parts are maintained in the second state to complete assembly.