US20130091688A1 - Expandable medical implant - Google Patents

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US20130091688A1
US20130091688A1 US13/579,918 US201113579918A US2013091688A1 US 20130091688 A1 US20130091688 A1 US 20130091688A1 US 201113579918 A US201113579918 A US 201113579918A US 2013091688 A1 US2013091688 A1 US 2013091688A1
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  • the present invention relates to a method for crimping of a medical implant onto a delivery implement such as a catheter according to claim 1 .
  • the invention further relates to an implant according to claim 6 , and also to a delivery device according to claim 7 and a crimping device according to claims 8 and 9 .
  • implants are delivered to the implantation site within the body by means of a catheter. This is particularly true for implants that are implanted within the body vessel system including the heart itself.
  • the implant is being crimped onto the catheter and released from the latter at the implantation site.
  • an implant and a delivery implement are to be provided.
  • the object of the invention is solved by means of a method according to claim 1 .
  • a method for crimping a medical implant comprising at least one foldable or collapsible or crimpable and unfoldable or expandable structure (therefore also referred to as structures) on or around or over a portion or outer surface of a catheter or of a catheter tip or of any other delivery implement or device or part thereof is proposed.
  • the method comprises the feature that no pressure is exerted on the structure during and/or after crimping of the implant beyond a predetermined pressure.
  • the implant according to the invention is defined by claim 6 .
  • the implant according to the invention is crimped onto the catheter using the method according to the invention.
  • the delivery device according to the invention is defined by claim 7 . It comprises at least one implant according to the invention.
  • the crimping device according to the invention is defined by claim 8 . Accordingly, the crimping device for crimping of an implant comprising at least one foldable and unfoldable structure on or around or over a portion or outer surface of a catheter or of a catheter tip with a predetermined pressure exerted on the structure.
  • Embodiments can include one or more of the following features.
  • crimping a medical implant may mean the crimping result achieved after termination of the entire crimping process of the medical implant.
  • crimping a medical implant may mean that the implant crimped by using the method according to the invention is to be understood as prepared on the catheter or delivery implement or device to be inserted or implanted
  • crimping a medical implant may mean that additional or further crimping it not necessary or not contemplated or not required before implanting of the implant.
  • predetermined pressure may refer to a pressure value that has been determined and/or considered and/or selected by the person responsible for the crimping process or carrying out the same before or during the crimping process takes place.
  • predetermined pressure may refer to a pressure value adjusted at a crimping device.
  • the value can preferably be adjusted as a maximum pressure value exerted on certain structures of the implant, for example, heart valve replacement leaflets or commissures thereof.
  • pressure exerted “during and/or after crimping of the implant” may refer to pressure exerted by means of the crimping itself.
  • the method comprises the step of measuring the pressure acting on or in the structure, or between the structure and other parts of the implant, or between the structure and the delivery device (in particular, the circumferential surface or a section thereof of the delivery device), and the step of terminating the crimping procedure once the pressure measured has reached the predetermined pressure or exceeds the predetermined pressure.
  • the methods comprises placing a pressure or force sensor in direct contact with the structure.
  • predetermined pressure may refer to a pressure that exclusively results from the crimping steps as such.
  • pressure exerted on the structures at issue stemming or originating from other pressure sources than by the crimping steps is not referred to as the predetermined pressure.
  • Such other pressure comprises the atmospheric pressure, water or fluid pressure, and the like.
  • such additional pressure does not contribute to the determined pressure or the level thereof.
  • a predetermined pressure may be understood as a predetermined force, strain, stress and the like as well.
  • the terms pressure, force, strain, stress and the like may be understood as interchangeable.
  • the predetermined pressure is to be understood as a maximally allowable pressure that is measured or may be measured between the structure of the implant and a circumferential surface or an envelope of the delivery device, or equals the such measured pressure.
  • the foldable and unfoldable structure is one or more heart valve leaflets or commissures or replacements or substitutes thereof or comprises those.
  • the structure is not the proximal or the distal ring of the implant.
  • the structure on the implant is not intended to contribute to the temporary fixation of the implant on the delivery implement/device.
  • the implant comprises one or more interconnecting elements, and the pressure exerted or applying on the structure is determined between the interconnecting elements and the outer surface or the portion of the catheter.
  • the interconnecting elements may be embodied as posts interconnecting a proximal and a distal ring or support structure.
  • the interconnecting elements may be embodied as radially (as regards a longitudinal axis of the implant or of the delivery device) expandable or shiftable structures, of the implant, wherein they are expanded or shifted or moved away from the upon expansion of implant.
  • the interconnecting elements may be embodied as one or more posts.
  • the interconnecting elements may be embodied as structures provided for maintaining a distance between a distal ring and a proximal ring of the implant
  • the predetermined pressure is 0 N per square millimetre (0 N/mm 2 ) or 1 N/mm 2 or 2 N/mm 2 or 3 N/mm 2 or 5 N/mm 2 . If the predetermined pressure is 0 N/mm 2 or about 0 N/mm 2 , the method according to the invention may be called a “zero pressure crimping” method.
  • the predetermined pressure is 5 N per square millimetre (5 N/mm 2 ) or 8 N/mm 2 or 10 N/mm 2 or 15 N/mm 2 or 20 N/mm 2 or 25 N/mm 2 or 30 N/mm 2 or any value in between.
  • the method according to the invention is carried out manually by the aid of non-electric tools.
  • the method according to the invention is carried out by the aid of automatic tools.
  • Such tools can be electric, pneumatic, hydraulic tools and the like.
  • the crimping device for crimping of an implant comprising at least one foldable and unfoldable structure on or around or over a portion or outer surface of a catheter or of a catheter tip, comprises a pressure limiting means for limiting the pressure that is exerted or exertable on the implant and/or on the structure during and/or after crimping of the implant.
  • the pressure (or force) exerted or exertable on the structure may be known once the pressure (or force) exerted on the implant comprising the structure is known.
  • it might be known—e.g. from known relationships between a first and a second pressure as defined in the following—that zero pressure (being one example of a first pressure) is applied on the structure if less than a certain pressure (second pressure) is exerted on the implant during crimping. In those embodiments, it may be sufficient to limit the (second) pressure applied to the implant.
  • the (first) pressure applied to the structures or acting on the structures in question will then not be higher than a predetermined pressure or a pressure considered to be a maximum pressure that is allowed to apply to the structure.
  • the crimping device comprises a pressure sensor (or is functionally linked with it) that reflects the pressure or force exerted on the structure at issue (e.g., the leaflets comprised by the implant) during crimping.
  • the pressure sensor is placed, for example, between the structure at issue (such as the leaflets of the implant) and a neighbouring structure (such as an outer surface or other part of the catheter used).
  • a pressure sensor or any other suitable sensor is provided with the catheter.
  • the pressure sensor or any other suitable sensor is located within a lumen of the catheter or on an outer surface thereof.
  • the crimping device is intended and/or configured for crimping by means of a predetermined pressure exerted on the structure during and/or after crimping of the implant.
  • the crimping device comprises a controller for limiting or controlling the pressure exerted on the structure of the implant.
  • the crimping device comprises an adjusting means for adjusting the pressure exerted upon crimping.
  • the adjusting means may be connected to the controller.
  • the crimping device is intended and/or configured for crimping medical implants, in particular for crimping only medical implants.
  • the crimping device comprises one or more pressure sensors that output a signal indicating the pressure applied on the structures at issue during crimping.
  • the implant according to the invention may be of an expandable and again foldable or collapsible, respectively, type. Such implants may, for example, be changed in its diameter by means of strings guided around certain portions of the implant that can be tightened or released.
  • the features required to be amendable in diameter are not in the main focus of the present invention. Since they are further explained in great detail in WO 2008/029296 A2 (“Minimally invasive heart valve replacement”, filed on Feb. 15, 2007) to the inventors of the present invention, and also in WO 2009/109348 A1 (“Stent, 73 vom expand striv für the im fürmesser verringerbar ist”, filed on Mar. 2, 2009) also to the inventors of the present invention, for the sake of avoiding repetition it is referred to those documents as regards those features.
  • the respective disclosure is herewith incorporated into the present application by way of reference. The same applies to any material mentioned in either of both applications.
  • catheter is used by way of example for a delivery implement or device for delivering the implant to the implantation site.
  • the present invention is not to be understood to relate only to catheters - rather, any suitable device for advancing an implant to its implantation site is also contemplated by the inventors.
  • the embodiments may provide one or more of the following advantages.
  • second gap for structures such as the leaflets of the implant of WO 2008/029296 A2 between a sleeve (if provided) or the vessel wall during delivery of the implant, and the surface of the relatively hard and inelastic catheter.
  • crushing of leaflets of a valve replacement comprised by the implant may be advantageously avoided.
  • a disruption of collagen fibres found by the inventors of the present invention within leaflets of a valve replacement of natural origin (bovine, for example) after having been crimped can advantageously be prevented.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic illustration of an implant according to the invention in a first embodiment
  • FIG. 2 shows a schematic illustration of an implant according to the invention in a second embodiment
  • FIG. 3 shows a schematic illustration of a crimping device according to a first embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 4 shows a schematic illustration of a crimping device according to a second embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic illustration of an implant 1 according to the invention in a first embodiment.
  • the implant 1 is crimped onto the outer surface 23 of the tip 3 of a catheter 5 .
  • the catheter 5 has a proximal ring 7 , a distal ring 9 and posts 12 with proximal and distal ends 12 a , 12 b .
  • Strings 15 a , 15 b are guided by means of the distal ring 9 and the proximal ring 7 , respectively.
  • the strings 15 a , 15 b may be used for folding and unfolding of the implant 1 in a controlled manner.
  • the implant 1 may be a heart valve replacement as is described in WO 2008/029296 A2 or in WO 2009/109348 A1 as referred to above.
  • the implant 1 is tightly crimped onto the catheter 5 such that ring-shaped portions 25 and 27 are in contact with the outer surface 23 of the catheter 5 .
  • at least a first gap dl between the post 12 and the outer surface 23 of the implant 1 is created and/or maintained during crimping.
  • the first gap dl has the shape of a tube.
  • structures comprised by the implant such as heart leaflets or commissures (both not shown in the figures) may be left unstressed, unpressed unforced and the like upon and after crimping of the entire implant 1 or the implant as such, respectively.
  • FIG. 2 shows a schematic illustration of an implant 1 according to the invention in a second embodiment.
  • the implant 1 in contrast to the crimping state shown in FIG. 1 in which the implant 1 is in contact or form fit with the outer surface 23 of the catheter 5 along ring- shaped portions 25 and 27 , the implant 1 does not have contact with the outer surface 23 at all. Rather, after completion of the crimping process of implant 1 , a second gap d 2 remained between the implant 1 (e.g., its post 12 or its ring-shaped portions 25 and 27 of the distal and proximal rings 9 , 7 ) and the outer surface 23 of the catheter.
  • the implant 1 e.g., its post 12 or its ring-shaped portions 25 and 27 of the distal and proximal rings 9 , 7
  • a interconnection between the catheter 5 and the implant 1 needed for delivery of the implant 1 to its implantation site may be achieved by means of the strings 15 a , 15 b , which are connected to the catheter 5 (interconnection is not shown in FIG. 1 or 2 ; it can, however be seen in all detail in WO 2008/029296 A2 or in WO 2009/109348 A1 as referred to above).
  • a connection may also be achieved by means of a sleeve (not shown) covering the implant during delivery.
  • implant 1 and catheter 5 are a more loose one when compared to that achieved by the crimping the result of which is shown in FIG. 1 .
  • structures of the implant 1 such as (not shown) heart valve leaflets may be comprised and housed by the implant 1 during and after crimping of the implant 1 without being stressed, crushed, forced, pushed and/or the like. Gaps d 1 , d 2 and d 3 provide sufficient space for such structures such that the implant can be crimped without any adverse effect happening to said structures.
  • the method according to the present invention can be carried out with any type of implant.
  • the benefit of the method according to the invention does not depend on the concrete or specific design or embodiment of the implant.
  • FIG. 3 shows a schematic illustration of a hand-held and hand-operated crimping device 31 according to a first embodiment of the invention.
  • the crimping device 31 comprises actuators 33 a, 33 b comprising brackets 35 a , 35 b for receiving the (not shown) implant for crimping same.
  • the actuators 33 a, 33 b are connected to each other by means of an articulation or a joint 37 . They are further connected to each other by means of a pressure limiting means 39 .
  • the pressure limiting means 39 may be adjustable. It limits the pressure exerted to the structure at issue of the implant to the predetermined pressure.
  • FIG. 4 shows a schematic illustration of a crimping device according to a second embodiment of the invention.
  • the crimping device 31 comprises actuators 33 a, 33 b comprising brackets 35 a , 35 b for receiving the (not shown) implant for crimping the same.
  • the crimping device comprises pressure limiting means embodied as controller 41 .
  • the controller 41 may be interconnected to an adjusting means 43 for adjusting the maximum pressure exerted to the structure in question of the implant in correspondence to the predetermined pressure.
  • the crimping device according to the invention may have in any embodiment thereof (that is, irrespective of any further features of the crimping devices 31 shown in FIG. 3 or 4 ) a sensor for measuring the pressure or force exerted on the structure during crimping.

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