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US 12,485,003 · App. 18/053,529 · Granted Dec 2, 2025

Device for implanting a prosthesis for a heart valve and assembly procedure

Inventors: Giovanni Righini (Gland, CH); Cindy Trinh (San Marcos, CA); Dong Ik Shin (Poway, CA)
Assignee: INNOVHEART S.r.l.
A61F2/2412A61F2/2409A61F2/243A61F2/2436A61M25/0026A61F2210/0014A61F2220/0016A61M2025/0024
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Patent No.
US 12,485,003
App. No.
18/053,529
Granted
Dec 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device for implanting a heart prosthesis including a central body, a containment portion having one or more sub-components, and a release device for the central body capable of being inserted into a catheter. A device for assisting the connection operation between the central body and the sub-components of the containment portion includes an assembly of catheters, of which there are at least two catheters for each sub-component of the containment portion, the catheters being joined to each other over a portion thereof and having at least one free end for each catheter.

Claims (9)

1 . A connection device for connecting a first component and a second component of a heart prosthesis, said connection device comprising an assembly of at least one pair of catheters, each of the catheters being incompressible in the longitudinal direction, each of the pair of catheters being joined to each other over a portion thereof such that each of the pair of catheters do not slide with respect to each other and each of the pair of catheters having at least one free end, wherein each of the pair of catheters has a same guidewire, the same guidewire being inserted in both catheters of each pair of catheters.

2 . The connection device according to claim 1 , wherein the assembly of at least one pair of catheters comprises at least two pairs of catheters.

3 . The connection device according to claim 2 , wherein the catheters are flexible.

4 . The connection device according to claim 3 , wherein the catheters of the assembly of at least one pair of catheters are grouped together in a same sheath which groups together the catheters along a portion thereof.

5 . The connection device according to claim 2 , wherein the catheters of the assembly of at least one pair of catheters are grouped together in a same sheath which groups together the catheters along a portion thereof.

6 . The connection device according to claim 1 , wherein the catheters are flexible.

7 . The connection device according to claim 6 , wherein the catheters of the assembly of at least one pair of catheters are grouped together in a same sheath which groups together the catheters along a portion thereof.

8 . The connection device according to claim 1 , wherein the catheters of the assembly of catheters are grouped together in a same sheath which groups together the catheters along a portion thereof.

9 . The connection device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the pair of catheters are fixed together inside a same sheath so that each of the pair of catheters do not slide with respect to each other.

Continuity (2)
Division 16522164 · Jul 25, 2019
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