Granted Patent
B2
US 12,383,248 · App. 17/881,326 · Granted Aug 12, 2025
Sealing device and delivery system
Assignee:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
A61B17/0057A61B90/39A61B2017/00526A61B2017/00575A61B2017/00592A61B2017/00597A61B2017/00606A61B2017/00623A61B2017/00867
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Abstract
The invention relates to a sealing device for repair of cardiac and vascular defects or tissue opening such as a patent foramen ovale (PFO) or shunt in the heart, the vascular system, etc. and particularly provides an occluder device and trans-catheter occluder delivery system. The sealing device would have improved conformity to heart anatomy and be easily deployed, repositioned, and retrieved at the opening site.
Claims (30)
1. A medical device for sealing a tissue opening, the medical device comprising:
a wound wire frame including a plurality of wires separate from each other and having free ends, the plurality of wires extending from a proximal end of the wound wire frame to a distal end of the wound wire frame, the plurality of wires forming:
a first occluding member adjacent a first eyelet;
a second occluding member adjacent a second eyelet, and
a waist portion disposed between the first occluding member and the second occluding member;
wherein the plurality of wires are shape set such that, when deployed, the wound wire frame provides the waist portion wherein each of the plurality of wires individually defines a reniform shape with an open internal area when deployed; and
a sealing member attached to the wound wire frame.
2. The device of claim 1 , wherein a portion of a curved segment of each of the plurality of wires defines an inner peripheral edge of the device, and wherein the inner peripheral edge is adapted to, at least in part, center itself within the tissue opening.
3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the device comprises an extended length in a delivery configuration and a radius in a deployed configuration, and wherein a ratio of the extended length of the device in the delivery configuration length to the radius of the device in the deployed configuration is about 2.5.
4. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a lock loop component attached to the wound wire frame.
5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the sealing member is attached to an exterior of the wound wire frame.
6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the sealing member is attached to an interior of the wound wire frame.
7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the sealing member substantially encapsulates the wound wire frame.
8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the sealing member partially encapsulates the wound wire frame.
9. The device of claim 1 , wherein the wire frame twists to provide the waist portion.
10. A medical device for sealing a tissue opening, the medical device comprising:
a wire frame that includes a plurality of wires each having a proximal free end and a distal free end, each of the plurality of wires extending from a proximal end of the wire frame to a distal end of the wire frame, the plurality of wires forming:
a first eyelet near the proximal end of the wire frame, the first eyelet defined by the proximal free ends of the plurality of wires,
a second eyelet near the distal end of the wire frame, the second eyelet defined by the distal free ends of the plurality of wires;
a first occluding member adjacent the first eyelet and a second occluding member adjacent the second eyelet, and
a waist portion disposed between the first occluding member and the second occluding member, the waist portion adapted to substantially fully occupy the tissue opening without appreciably enlarging the tissue opening; and
a sealing member that is attached to the wire frame,
wherein a first wire of the plurality of wires defines a reniform shape and includes a first end and a second end, the first end being wound in a first direction in the first eyelet and the second end being wound in the first direction in the second eyelet.
11. The device of claim 10 , wherein the wire frame includes six wires.
12. The device of claim 10 , wherein the sealing member is attached to an exterior of the wire frame.
13. The device of claim 10 , wherein the sealing member is attached to an interior of the wire frame.
14. The device of claim 10 , wherein the sealing member completely encapsulates the wire frame.
15. The device of claim 10 , wherein the sealing member partially encapsulates the wire frame.
16. The device of claim 10 , wherein a portion of the curved segment defines an inner peripheral edge of the device.
17. The device of claim 10 , wherein one or more wires of the plurality of wires forms a reniform shape when the device is in a deployed configuration.
Continuity (5)
Provisional Application
61219120
· Jun 22, 2009
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