WO2008086172A2 - Reconfiguring heart features - Google Patents

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WO2008086172A2
WO2008086172A2 PCT/US2008/050224 US2008050224W WO2008086172A2 WO 2008086172 A2 WO2008086172 A2 WO 2008086172A2 US 2008050224 W US2008050224 W US 2008050224W WO 2008086172 A2 WO2008086172 A2 WO 2008086172A2
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Definitions

  • This description relates to reconfiguring heart features.
  • the annuhis of a heart valve a fibrous ring attached to the wall of the heart, maintains the shape of the valve opening and supports the valve leaflets.
  • the annulus is typically round and has a diameter that enables the leaflets to close the valve tightly without flapping during contraction of the heart.
  • the annulus of the tricuspid valve for example, is supported more stably by the heart tissue on one side of the annulus than on the other side, the size and shape of the annulus may become distorted over time. The distortion may prevent the valve from closing properly, allowing blood to regurgitate backwards through the valve.
  • the distortion can be corrected, for example, during open heart surgery, by attaching a ring or other support around the annulus to restore its shape and size.
  • a force is applied to a tool toward an annulus of a heart valve to cause the annulus to dilate. While the annulus is dilated, a valve support is attached to tissue at locations along the annulus. After attachment, the support is caused to contract.
  • the valve support is attached to the tool before the annulus is dilated.
  • the valve support is caused to conform to a delivery configuration for attachment.
  • the valve support is expanded before being attached to the tool.
  • the valve support is attached to the tissue by applying a force to the tool in the direction axial to the annulus.
  • the valve support is attached to the tool before attaching the valve support to the tissue.
  • the valve support is attached to the tool by one or more breakable connections, for example, sutures or fingers.
  • the valve support is attached to the tool by forcing the valve support to engage retaining elements on the tool.
  • the valve support is anchored using one or more hooks.
  • the force causes a tapered surface of the tool to engage the annulus.
  • the support is contracted by retracting the tapered head from the annulus. The support contracts itself.
  • an annulus of a heart valve is caused to dilate to a predetermined configuration. While the annulus is dilated, a valve support is attached to tissue at locations along the annulus. After attachment, the support is caused to contract.
  • the valve support is expanded to a delivery configuration before the valve support is attached to the tissue.
  • the valve support is displaced axially along a tapered head of a delivery tool to expand it.
  • the valve support is releasably attached to the tapered head.
  • the annulus of the heart valve is dilated by forcing the tapered head of the delivery tool into the heart valve in a direction axial to the annulus.
  • the support is contracted by retracting the tapered head from the heart valve.
  • the valve support is released when the tapered head is retracted by breaking a connection between the valve support and the tapered head of the tool.
  • the valve support is attached to tissue by forcing hooks into the tissue.
  • a valve support is pushed towards an annulus of a heart valve to cause hooks of the support to be driven into tissue at locations along the annulus.
  • the hooks are more securely embedded in the tissue by pulling on the support.
  • the valve support includes an annular body, and the hooks rotate about the annular body to become more securely embedded.
  • the valve support is pushed by pushing on a delivery tool that carries the valve support.
  • the support is pulled by pulling on a delivery tool that carries the support.
  • the valve support is released from the tool after the hooks are more securely embedded.
  • a catheter traverses a body lumen to place a delivery tool that carries a valve support at an annulus of a heart valve.
  • the catheter is pushed toward the annulus of the heart valve to cause the delivery tool to dilate the annulus.
  • Implementations may include one or more of the following features.
  • the catheter is pushed toward the annulus to attach the valve support to the annulus.
  • the catheter is pulled to release the valve support after it is attached to the annulus.
  • the valve support then contracts.
  • the valve support is sheathed before the catheter is caused to traverse the body lumen and unsheathed in the vicinity of the heart valve.
  • the sheathing and unsheathing is done by moving the catheter and the sheath relative to one another to cause the valve support to be compressed and expanded, respectively.
  • an apparatus in general, in an aspect, includes an annular heart valve support and hooks connected to the support to attach the support along an annulus of a heart valve, each of the hooks having (a) a sharp free end facing a first direction, (b) a connection end where the hook is attached to the support, and (c) a bend located between the free end and the connection end, the bend defining a sharp feature facing in a second direction generally opposite to the first direction.
  • the support is expandable and contractable.
  • the support includes at least one of stainless steel, gold, Nitinol, and a biologically compatible elastomer.
  • the support includes a helical torsion spring.
  • the hooks are rotatable about the support.
  • the hooks comprise at least one of platinum, gold, palladium, rhenium, tantalum, tungsten, molybdenum, nickel, cobalt, stainless steel, Nitinol, and alloys thereof.
  • an apparatus in general, in an aspect, includes a tool bearing a tapered outer surface, a heart valve support, and a connection between the tool and the support to translate forces from the tool to the support in each of two opposite directions along an axis of a heart valve and to release when the force along one of the axial directions exceeds a predetermined threshold.
  • the tool includes a tapered outer surface.
  • the tapered outer surface includes interconnected struts defining apertures.
  • the connection includes at least one retaining element on an outer surface of the tool.
  • the valve support includes hooks each having a sharp free end facing in a first direction, a connection end where the hook is attached to the support, and a bend located between the free end and the connection end, the bend defining a sharp feature facing in a second direction generally opposite the first direction.
  • the tool includes a tip at a narrow end of the tapered outer surface, and the tapered outer surface is evertable when the tip is pulled toward a broader end of the tapered outer surface.
  • a movable element is connected to the tip and configured to pull the tip to evert the tapered outer surface.
  • a sheath covers the tapered outer surface and cause the tapered outer surface to be collapsed when covered.
  • the tool includes a self-expanding, semi-rigid net.
  • a force is applied on a tool toward an annular feature of a heart to cause the feature to dilate. While the feature is dilated, a support is attached to tissue at locations along a periphery of the annular feature. After attachment, the support is caused to contract to reconfigure the feature.
  • the feature comprises a left atrial appendage.
  • the heart valve support can be attached simultaneously at multiple locations along the circumference of the valve annulus, which reduces the duration and risk of the procedure.
  • the valve support can be attached without the physician having a clear view (or any view) of the valve opening, for example, during open heart surgery or when the valve support is delivered on a catheter.
  • the valve support is self-centering and the delivery tool accommodates heart valves and heart valve supports of different sizes. The tool permits blood to flow through the valve while the support is being attached to the valve annulus. Tricuspid valve and mitral valve regurgitation can be reduced.
  • Figures 1A through 1H show delivery of a heart valve support.
  • Figures 2A through 2D are perspective views of a heart valve support.
  • Figures 2E is a plan view of a recurved hook.
  • Figure 3 is a section side view of a heart valve support.
  • Figures 4A through 4C are side and detailed views of a delivery tool and heart valve support.
  • Figure 5 is a side view of a delivery tool.
  • Figures 6A and 6B are sectional side views of a catheter delivery tool.
  • FIGS. 7A through 81 show delivery of a heart valve support.
  • the entire procedure can be performed in less than a minute in many cases.
  • By temporarily forcing the annulus of the valve to expand to the desired circular shape it is possible to attach the support quickly, easily, and somewhat automatically by forcing multiple hooks into the tissue at one time.
  • the physician avoids having to attach individual sutures or clips one at a time along the periphery of a distorted annulus and then cinch them together to reform the supported annulus to a desired shape and size. Thus, the physician does not even need to be able to see the annulus clearly (or at all).
  • the support automatically springs back to its final shape and size.
  • the support includes a circular ring body 1 10 that bears the hooks 120.
  • the body 110 can be expanded from (a) a minimal-diameter long-term configuration (figure 2A) to which it conforms after it has been attached to the annulus to (b) an expanded delivery configuration (figure 2D) to which it conforms when it is held on the head end basket of the tool and while it is being attached in the steps shown in figures 1A, 1B, and 1C.
  • the long-term configuration is normally circular and has the diameter of a healthy annulus for a particular patient. When attached, the support maintains the healthy configuration of the annulus so that the valve will work properly.
  • the body 110 has the same shape (e.g., circular) but different diameters in the delivery configuration and the long-term configuration.
  • the body is constructed of a material or in a manner that biases the body to contract to the long-term configuration.
  • all or portions of the body 110 may by formed as a helical spring 110a such as a continuous helical spring connected at opposite ends to form a circular body or one or more interconnected helical spring segments (figure 2B).
  • the support body 110b may be a band of shape memory material such as Nitinol or a biologically compatible elastomer that will return to the long-term configuration after being expanded to the delivery configuration (figure 2C).
  • the hooks 120 may number as few as three or as many as ten or twenty or more and may be arranged at equal intervals along the body or at unequal intervals as needed to make the body easy and quick to deliver, permanent in its placement, and effective in correcting distortion of the valve annulus.
  • the hooks are configured and together mounted along the circular outer periphery so that they can be inserted simultaneously into the tissue along the periphery of the annulus and then firmly embedded when the tool is pulled away and the basket is everted.
  • each of the hooks has two pointed features.
  • One pointed feature is a sharp free end 122 pointing away from the valve leaflets during delivery.
  • the other pointed feature is a barb128 formed at a bend between the sharp free end 122 and an opposite connection end 124 where the hook is attached, e.g., welded or glued, to the body 110.
  • the barb points toward the valve leaflets during delivery.
  • Each hook 120 can be formed of biologically compatible materials such as platinum, gold, palladium, rhenium, tantalum, tungsten, molybdenum, nickel, cobalt, stainless steel, Nitinol, and alloys, polymers, or other materials.
  • biologically compatible materials such as platinum, gold, palladium, rhenium, tantalum, tungsten, molybdenum, nickel, cobalt, stainless steel, Nitinol, and alloys, polymers, or other materials.
  • the hooks 120 are attached permanently to the support body 1 10 and the support body can be rolled 123 (figure 3) about an axis 112 of the support body, as indicated.
  • One way to cause the rolling of the support body and the associated rotation of the hooks is to enable the body to change its configuration by rotation of the entire body about an axis represented by the central circular axis 153, much as a rubber o-ring can be rolled about its central circular axis.
  • the reconfiguration of the body to cause the rotation of the hooks can be achieved in other ways.
  • an axial force (arrows 1 13) to the inner peripheral edge of the ring (we sometimes refer to the support broadly as a ring) will cause the ring to tend to roll and the hooks to embed themselves in the armulus as intended.
  • the axial force 113 can be applied by pulling the tool away from the leaflets of the valve, as explained earlier.
  • the valve support 100 is expanded to its delivery configuration and temporarily mounted on a delivery head 220 of the tool 200 (figure 4A).
  • the support must be expanded enough in its temporary mounting on the tool so that when the head-end basket of the tool is pushed against the annulus to force it to expand to the size and shape of the expanded support, the annulus has reached a circular, non- distorted shape.
  • the tapered profile of the head end basket of the delivery tool allows the tool to accommodate supports of various sizes.
  • the heart valve support 100 is held in place on the delivery head 220 using one or more releasable connections 246.
  • the connections 246 are arranged to translate forces from the tool 200 to the support 100 in either of two opposite directions, 248 and 250 toward or away from the leaflets of the valve.
  • the force on the connections 246 exceeds a predetermined threshold, the connections break, releasing the tool from the support at the end of the delivery process.
  • the connections 246 may be, in some examples, breakable sutures 252 (figure 4A).
  • the connections 246 include retainers that can take, e.g., the configurations shown as 254a or 254b (figures 4B & 4C, respectively).
  • the retaining element 254a has one rigid finger 256 to translate forces from the tool 200 to the support 100 when the tool is moved in direction 248 while the support is attached to the tool and being pushed into the heart tissue.
  • a second deformable finger 258 aids in maintaining the connection between the support 100 and the tool 200 when the tool is moved in direction 250 and is deformable (dashed lines) to release the valve support 100 from the tool 200 when the force in direction 250 relative to the embedded support exceeds a predetermined threshold.
  • the retaining element 254b includes a finger 260 having a crook 262 to receive the support 100 and to translate forces from the tool 200 to the support 100 when the tool is moved in direction 248.
  • the finger has a resiliently deformable tip 264 that is biased towards the tapered body 222 and helps to maintain the connection between the support 100 and the tool 200 and is deformable (shown in hidden lines) to release the valve support 100 from the tool 200 when the tool is moved in the second axial direction 250 against an embedded support and the force exceeds a predetermined threshold.
  • a basket 220 is connected at its broad end to a set of stiff wires or other rigid projections 216 from a long shaft 210 having a handle 212 at the operator's end 214.
  • the projections 216 connect the shaft 210 to the basket 220 and transfer pulling or pushing force between the shaft and the basket (and in turn to the support).
  • the example of the basket shown in figure 5 includes a tapered body 222 having a network of interconnected struts 224 defining an array of openings 226 together forming a tapered semi-rigid net.
  • the basket (which we also sometimes refer to as a delivery head) 220 has a rounded tip 228.
  • the head 222 tapers radially outwardly with distance along a longitudinal axis 234 of the head 220 from the tip 228 towards the operator.
  • the broad end 232 of the tapered body 222 is firmly attached to the projections 216, which taper in the opposite direction from the taper of the basket.
  • the shaft 210 defines a lumen 236 extending between the heart valve end 218 of the shaft 210 and the handle 212.
  • a wire 238 is arranged to move freely back and forth within the lumen 236.
  • the wire 238 has one end 240 that extends from the handle 212 and an opposite end 242 that is connected to the inside of tip 228.
  • the wire 238 can be pulled (arrow 244) to cause the delivery head 220 to collapse (hidden lines) and evert radially inwardly starting at the tip 228.
  • the operator begins the delivery of the support by pushing the tapered end 230 of the head basket 220 into the valve 16 (e.g., the tricuspid valve) to cause the valve leaflets 14 to spread apart.
  • the head-end basket is tapered, by continuing to push, the operator can cause the annulus 18 of the tricuspid valve 16 to conform to a desired shape, typically circular.
  • the head-end basket is self-centering. The taper of the basket 220 translates the insertion force in direction 248 into a radial force that causes the annulus 18 to expand and temporarily assume a desired shape (and a larger than final diameter).
  • the ring of barbs of the hooks touch and then enter the heart tissue along a ring defined by the outer periphery of the annulus and the sharp free ends of the hooks enter and seat themselves within the tissue, much like fish hooks.
  • the operator pulls on the near end 240 of wire 238 to cause the basket 220 to collapse, evert, and be drawn out of the valve 16.
  • the everted portion of the basket reaches the valve support 100.
  • the operator causes the body 110 of the support 100 to roll about its central axis (as in the o-ring example mentioned earlier) which causes the hooks 120 to embed firmly in the tissue of the annulus 18 of the valve 16.
  • the operator breaks the connection between the tool 200 and the valve support 100 and removes the tool 200, leaving the valve support 100 in place.
  • the basket 220 passes the points of connection 246, the forces exerted by the embedded hooks 120 on the support body 1 10, acting in direction 248, exceed the forces exerted by the withdrawing basket 220 on the support body 110 (through the connections 246), acting in direction 250, thereby causing the connections 246 to release the support 100.
  • the tool 200 is then withdrawn, allowing the valve support 100, along with the annul us 18, to contract to the long-run configuration.
  • the delivery head 220a can be made, for example, from a shape memory alloy, such as Nitinol, which will allow the body 222a to be collapsed radially toward the longitudinal axis 234a during delivery of the head from a percutaneous entry point into the heart.
  • the delivery head 220a is biased towards the expanded, tapered orientation shown in figure 6A.
  • the delivery head 220a in the form of a tapered semi-rigid net, is connected to a catheter shaft 210a through projections 216a that extend radially outwardly from the catheter shaft 210a and taper in a direction opposite the taper of the delivery head 220a.
  • the projections 216a are resiliently mounted to the catheter shaft 210a and are biased towards the tapered orientation shown, for example, by spring biased projections 216b shown in figure 6B.
  • the projections 216a include springs 278, e.g., torsion springs (as shown), mounted to the catheter shaft 210a and forming a resilient connection.
  • a wire 238a slides within a lumen 236a of the shaft 210a in a manner similar to the one described earlier.
  • the tool 200a also includes a sheath 280 in which the catheter shaft 210a can slide during placement of the support.
  • the sheath 280, the catheter shaft 210a, and the wire 238a are all flexible along their lengths to allow the tool 200a to be deflected and articulated along a blood vessel to reach the heart.
  • the sheath 280 is retracted beyond the projections 216a, allowing the delivery head 220a to expand.
  • the valve support 100 is then expanded to the delivery configuration and mounted on the tapered body 222a.
  • the valve support 100 is connected to the delivery head 220a using releasable connections, e.g., breakable sutures and/or retaining elements (as described earlier).
  • the sheath 280 is then moved along the catheter shaft 210a towards the delivery head 220, causing the projections 216a and the delivery head 220a to contract radially inwardly to fit within the sheath 280, as shown in figure 7B.
  • the tip 228 a of the delivery head 220a fits against the end 282 of the sheath 280.
  • the rounded tip 228a may provide easier delivery and maneuverability in navigating the blood vessels to reach the heart.
  • the end 230 of the tool 200a is fed percutaneously through blood vessels and into the right atrium 24 (figure 8A).
  • the sheath 280 is then retracted, exposing the valve support 100 and allowing the projections 216a, the delivery head 220a, and the support 100 to expand, as shown in figure 8 A.
  • the catheter shaft 210a is then advanced, e.g., under image guidance, in direction 248a along an axis 30 of the annulus 18.
  • the operator forces the distal end 230a of the self-centering delivery head 220a into the valve 16 (figure 8B) using feel or image guidance, without actually seeing the valve 16.
  • the operator pushes on the end 214a of the catheter shaft 210a to force the tool further into the valve 16.
  • the tool 200a is self- centering because of its shape.
  • the net-like construction of the delivery head 220a (and the head used in open heart surgery, also) allows blood to flow through the valve even while the delivery head 220a is inserted.
  • valve support 100 As tool 200a reaches the point at which the support hooks touch the annulus, by giving an additional push, the operator drives the hooks 120 of the valve support 100 together into all of the annular locations at which it is to be attached, as shown in figure 8C.
  • the configuration of the valve support 100 and the tool 200a and the manner of temporary attachment of the support 100 to the tool 200a assure that the hooks 120 will penetrate the valve 16 exactly at the correct positions, just along the outer edge of the annulus 18.
  • the operator pulls on the proximal end 240a causing the delivery head 220a to evert (hidden dashed lines) and be drawn out of the valve 16 (shown in figure 8D).
  • each of the placed hooks 120 is essentially the same as a conventional suture so that their placement is likely to be as effective and familiar to the operator and others as conventional sutures.
  • the operator breaks the connections 246 between the tool 200a and the valve support 100 and retracts the catheter shaft 210, leaving the support 100 in place.
  • the catheter shaft 210 is retracted to a position beyond the valve annulus 18 and the wire is advanced in the first direction allowing the delivery head 220a to assume its original tapered shape (figure 8F).
  • the catheter shaft 210a is then retracted into the sheath 280 (figure 8G), and the tool 200a is withdrawn.
  • the tip 228a of the tool 200a has a compressed dimension that is smaller than an internal diameter 284 of the sheath 280, permitting the catheter shaft 210a to be retracted directly into the sheath 280 after deployment, as shown in figure 81.
  • valve support 100 contracts reshaping the annulus 18 such that the valve leaflets 14 coapt to prevent a backflow of blood during systole.
  • the hooks can be arranged around only about three-quarters of the support and therefore the annulus.
  • the hooks can cover the entire periphery of the annulus.
  • a back-up valve can be provided as part of the delivery tool to maintain heart function during the delivery procedure.
  • Materials other than shape memory materials may be used as the material for the support body, and other ways can be used to force the support back to a desired size following expansion, including, for example, cross-bars that span the opening of the support.
  • the left atrial appendage of the heart can be closed.
  • the tool can be pushed into an opening of an atrial appendage causing the opening to assume a predetermined shape.
  • the tool can be continued to be pushed in order to embed the hooks of the expanded support into the periphery of the opening of the appendage.
  • the tool can then be withdrawn, releasing the support, and allowing the support to contract.
  • the support can have a relatively small contracted diameter such that, when the tool is withdrawn, releasing the support, the support can contract to a relatively small size, effectively closing off the appendage.
  • valve support can also be deployed through the chest.
  • the head of the tool need not be a basket, but can take any form and strength that enables the valve annulus to be forced open to a shape that corresponds to the shape of the support.
  • the basket can be made of a wide variety of materials.
  • the basket can be held and pushed using a wide variety of structural mechanisms that permit both pushing and pulling on the support both to seat and embed the support in the annulus tissue and disconnect the support from the tool.
  • the tool need not be conical.
  • the support could take a wide variety of configurations, sizes, and shapes, and be made of a wide variety of materials.
  • the hooks could be replaced by other devices to seat and embed the support using the pushing force of the tool.
  • the hooks of the support need not be embedded directly in the annulus but might be embedded in adjacent tissue, for example.

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