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US 12,274,634 · App. 17/068,521 · Granted Apr 15, 2025

Pliant members for receiving and aiding in the deployment of vascular prostheses

Inventors: Wayne Mower (Bountiful, UT); Michael Adams (Bluffdale, UT); Zeke Eller (Plano, TX); John Hall (North Salt Lake, UT); Christopher Cindrich (Highland, UT)
Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 12,274,634
App. No.
17/068,521
Granted
Apr 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vascular prosthesis deployment device and related methods are disclosed. In some embodiments the deployment device may include a delivery catheter assembly. The delivery catheter assembly may include a pliant member, wherein the pliant member is configured receive a vascular prosthesis. The pliant member may also be configured to aid in incrementally deploying a vascular prosthesis.

Claims (40)

1. A method of adjusting an effective length of a stent during deployment of the stent, comprising:

deploying a first portion of the stent from a stent deployment device, wherein the first portion is engaged with a vessel;

deploying a second portion of the stent from the stent deployment device, wherein the stent comprises a plurality of rows of helical coils that are nestable with each other such that each row of the plurality of rows of helical coils is configured to be displaced toward at least a portion of an adjacent row; and

nesting and unnesting adjacent rows of helical coils in the first portion and the second portion of the stent to change the effective length of the stent while deploying the first portion and the second portion of the stent;

wherein bends of the plurality of rows of helical coils circumferentially align with each other along an axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of the stent.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a length of the second portion is compressed.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a length of the second portion is stretched.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first portion comprises a first plurality of rows of helical coils, and wherein the second portion comprises a second plurality of rows of helical coils.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein a first distance between each row of the first plurality of rows of helical coils is greater than a second distance between each row of the second plurality of rows of helical coils after the stent is deployed.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein a first distance between each row of helical coils of the deployed first plurality of rows of helical coils is less than a second distance between each row of helical coils of the deployed second plurality of rows of helical coils.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising supporting a non-deployed portion of the stent with a pliant member, wherein the non-deployed portion of the stent is imprinted on the pliant member so that the pliant member supports the plurality of rows of helical coils.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising incrementally deploying the stent.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein incrementally deploying the stent comprises retracting an outer sheath incrementally.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising displacing the stent deployment device by distally displacing the stent deployment device with respect to the first portion.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising displacing the stent deployment device by proximally displacing the stent deployment device with respect to the first portion.

12. A method of treating a vascular lesion, comprising:

positioning a stent adjacent the vascular lesion, wherein the stent is constrained by an outer sheath of a stent deployment device;

actuating the stent deployment device, wherein the outer sheath is retracted relative to the stent;

deploying a distal portion of the stent against a vessel wall adjacent the vascular lesion, such that the distal portion is not constrained by the outer sheath;

deploying a middle portion of the stent against the vessel wall, such that the middle portion is not constrained by the outer sheath;

displacing the stent deployment device relative to the deployed distal portion to change an effective length of the stent;

deploying a proximal portion of the stent;

applying a radial outwardly directed force to the vessel wall adjacent the vascular lesion by the stent,

wherein the stent comprises a plurality of rows of helical coils that are nestable with each other such that each row of the plurality of rows of helical coils is configured to be displaced toward at least a portion of an adjacent row; and

nesting and unnesting adjacent rows of helical coils in the distal portion, middle portion, and the proximal portion of the stent to change the effective length of the stent while deploying the distal portion, the middle portion, and the proximal portion of the stent;

wherein bends of the plurality of rows of helical coils circumferentially align with each other along an axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of the stent.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein displacing the stent deployment device relative to the deployed distal portion comprises distally displacing the stent deployment device, such that the deployed middle portion is compressed.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein displacing the stent deployment device relative to the deployed distal portion comprises proximally displacing the stent deployment device, such that the deployed middle portion is stretched.

15. The method of claim 12 , further comprising supporting a non-deployed portion of the stent with a pliant member, wherein the non-deployed portion of the stent is imprinted on the pliant member so that the pliant member supports the plurality of rows of helical coils.

16. The method of claim 12 , wherein the plurality of rows of helical coils are nestable with each other such that each row of the plurality of rows of helical coils is configured to be disposed around at least a portion of an outer surface of an adjacent row.

17. A method of adjusting a length of a stent to fit an anatomical feature, comprising:

positioning the stent adjacent the anatomical feature;

deploying a first portion of the stent from a stent deployment device;

deploying a second portion of the stent from the stent deployment device,

wherein the stent comprises a plurality of rows of helical coils that are nestable with each other such that each row of the plurality of rows of helical coils is configured to be displaced toward at least a portion of an adjacent row; and

nesting and unnesting adjacent rows of helical coils in the first portion and in the second portion to change an effective length of the stent while deploying the first portion and the second portion of the stent;

wherein bends of the plurality of rows of helical coils circumferentially align with each other along an axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of the stent.

18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising displacing the stent deployment device relative to the deployed first portion by distally displacing the stent deployment device, such that second portion is compressed.

19. The method of claim 17 , further comprising displacing the stent deployment device relative to the deployed first portion by proximally displacing the stent deployment device, such that the second portion is stretched.

20. The method of claim 17 , wherein the anatomical feature is one or more of a branch vessel, a vessel stricture, and a vessel lesion.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 5, 2021
From: MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 054899/0569 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2020
From: MOWER, WAYNE; ADAMS, MICHAEL; ELLER, ZEKE; HALL, JOHN; CINDRICH, CHRISTOPHER
To: MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 054030/0493 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15718419 · Sep 28, 2017
Provisional Application 62401628 · Sep 29, 2016
Related Publication 20210161692A1 · Jun 3, 2021
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