Granted Patent
B2
US 12,433,745 · App. 17/643,988 · Granted Oct 7, 2025
Heart valve mimicry
Inventors:
Payam Saffari (Aliso Viejo, CA); Vincent Ming Hai Chow (Irvine, CA); Makensley Lordeus (Costa Mesa, CA); Hussain S. Rangwala (Villa Park, CA); Gregory Edwin Mirigian (Dublin, CA); John F. Migliazza (Irvine, CA); Victoria E. Carr-Brendel (Irvine, CA)
Assignee:
JenaValve Technology, Inc.
A61F2/2418A61B17/0401A61F2/2415A61F2220/0008A61F2220/0016A61F2220/0075A61F2250/0025A61F2250/0039A61F2250/0097
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to a heart valve with improved functionality and durability.
Claims (26)
1. A method for implanting a heart valve prosthesis at a native heart valve of a patient, the method comprising:
loading the heart valve prosthesis in a collapsed shape onto a delivery catheter, the heart valve prosthesis comprising (i) a stent comprising at least one feeler designed to align the stent with the native heart valve and an outflow end region comprising a first cell and a second cell, and (ii) a valve prosthesis coupled to the stent having a valve ratio of annulus to commissure distance (ACD) to annulus diameter (AD) of 1.01 to 1.14, the ACD distance being a distance between a proximal end of a commissure portion and a proximal end of an annulus portion, wherein in the outflow end region aspect ratios of the first cell and the second cell in a single circumferential row vary with respect to one another from 1 to 3, areas of the first cell and the second cell vary with respect to one another from 5 mm 2 to 250 mm 2 or heights of the first cell and the second cell vary with respect to one another from 3 mm to 30 mm;
delivering the heart valve prosthesis to the native heart valve via vasculature of the patient;
positioning the heart valve prosthesis at the native valve by protruding the at least one feeler to align the heart valve prosthesis with endogenous commissures of the native heart valve; and
deploying the heart valve prosthesis at the native valve such that the heart valve prosthesis transforms to an expanded shape.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein positioning the heart valve prosthesis at the native heart valve comprises positioning the at least one feeler within at least one native cusp of the native heart valve.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the stent comprises three feelers.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the stent comprises a fastening portion designed for coupling the valve prosthesis to the stent.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the fastening portion comprises at least one notch, hole or rail designed to secure the valve prosthesis to the stent.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the stent comprises an inflow end region, the inflow end region comprising a lower elasticity than the outflow end region.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the outflow end region is designed to reduce its diameter in an implanted state.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the valve prosthesis comprises pericardial tissue.
9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising retracting the catheter from the patient's vasculature.
10. A method for implanting a heart valve prosthesis at a native heart valve of a patient, the method comprising:
loading the heart valve prosthesis in a collapsed shape onto a delivery catheter, the heart valve prosthesis comprising (i) a stent comprising at least one feeler designed to align the stent with the native heart valve and an inflow region and an outflow region each comprising a plurality of cells, and (ii) a valve prosthesis coupled to the stent having a valve ratio of annulus to commissure distance (ACD) to annulus diameter (AD) of 1.01 to 1.14, the ACD distance being a distance between a proximal end of a commissure portion and a proximal end of an annulus portion, wherein a number of cells per cm 2 area is 2 to 6 in the inflow region and 1 to 4 in the outflow end region;
delivering the heart valve prosthesis to the native heart valve via vasculature of the patient;
positioning the heart valve prosthesis at the native valve by protruding the at least one feeler to align the heart valve prosthesis with endogenous commissures of the native heart valve; and
deploying the heart valve prosthesis at the native valve such that the heart valve prosthesis transforms to an expanded shape.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein positioning the heart valve prosthesis at the native heart valve comprises positioning the at least one feeler within at least one native cusp of the native heart valve.
12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the stent comprises three feelers.
13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the stent comprises a fastening portion designed for coupling the valve prosthesis to the stent.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the fastening portion comprises at least one notch, hole or rail designed to secure the valve prosthesis to the stent.
15. The method of claim 10 , wherein the stent comprises an inflow end region, the inflow end region comprising a lower elasticity than the outflow end region.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the outflow end region is designed to reduce its diameter in an implanted state.
17. The method of claim 10 , wherein the valve prosthesis comprises pericardial issue.
18. The method of claim 10 , further comprising retracting the catheter from the patient's vasculature.
Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Dec 13, 2021
From: SAFFARI, PAYAM; CHOW, VINCENT MING H; LORDEUS, MAKENSLEY; RANGWALA, HUSSAIN R; MIRIGIAN, GREGORY E; MIGLIAZZA, JOHN F; CARR-BRENDEL, VICTORIA E
To: JENAVALVE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
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Continuity (3)
Continuation
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Provisional Application
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· Jan 27, 2017
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