Abstract: A device and method for improving flow through a native blood vessel valve, such as the aortic valve, are provided. The present invention allows a miniature valve to be implanted into affected leaflets percutaneously, obviating the need for coronary bypass surgery. The method includes the cutting of small holes, on the order of 4 mm, in the leaflets of a targeted valve, thereby allowing blood to flow through the newly formed holes. The holes are used as attachment sites for the miniature valves of the present invention.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 25, 2008
Date of Patent:
April 24, 2012
Assignee:
Heart Leaflet Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Robert Foster Wilson, Scott Robert Wilson, James L. Pokorney
Abstract: A device and method for improving flow through a native blood vessel valve, such as the aortic valve, are provided. The present invention allows a miniature valve to be implanted into affected leaflets percutaneously, obviating the need for coronary bypass surgery. The method includes the cutting of small holes, on the order of 4 mm, in the leaflets of a targeted valve, thereby allowing blood to flow through the newly formed holes. The holes are used as attachment sites for the miniature valves of the present invention.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 28, 2003
Date of Patent:
February 26, 2008
Assignee:
Heart Leaflet Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Robert Foster Wilson, Scott Robert Wilson, James L. Pokorney
Abstract: A device and method for improving flow through a native blood vessel valve, such as the aortic valve, are provided. The present invention allows a miniature valve to be implanted into affected leaflets percutaneously, obviating the need for coronary bypass surgery. The method includes the cutting of small holes, on the order of 4 mm, in the leaflets of a targeted valve, thereby allowing blood to flow through the newly formed holes. The holes are used as attachment sites for the miniature valves of the present invention.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 28, 2003
Date of Patent:
May 15, 2007
Assignee:
Heart Leaflet Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Robert Foster Wilson, Scott Robert Wilson, James L. Pokorney