Intracardiac pumping device
The intracardiac pumping device has a pump (11) connected at its distal end (13) to a canula (15). At the distal end, the canula (15) has a suction head (16) for drawing blood. The suction head is extended by a non-sucking projection (20). The projection stabilizes the position of the pumping device in the heart. It extends the canula (15) mechanically without degrading the hydraulic conditions. It also serves as a spacer to prevent the suction head (16) from adhering to a wall of the heart.
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The invention relates to an intracardiac pumping device adapted to be fully inserted into the heart via adjoining vessels to assist the natural cardiac pump function or to replace the same by a continuous pumping operation.
Intracardiac blood pumps inserted percutaneously into a patient's body are highly miniaturized. They comprise a cylindrical drive portion and a cylindrical pump portion. The intake end of the pump portion is provided with a flexible canula having a suction head with lateral inlet openings at the distal end. Such a pumping device is described in EP 0 916 359 A1 (Impella). Another pumping device conveying in the distal direction is described in WO 99/58170 (Impella). In this pumping device, the pumping portion is prolonged by a flexible canula adapted to be passed through a cardiac valve. A catheter projects from the distal end of the canula, at which catheter a balloon is provided which is to be entrained by the blood flow in the body when the pumping device is inserted.
A pumping device that takes in blood through a canula and then feeds it proximally can be placed such that it leads through the aortic valve, the suction head at the end of the canula being situated in the left ventricle, while the pump outlet lies in the aorta. The operation of the continually feeding pump is superposed on the pulsating activity of the heart so that the pump is subjected to heavily pulsating pressure variations. In this context it may happen that the pump, together with the associated proximal catheter is subjected to substantial changes in position. During a systole, the catheter is pressed against the outer side of the aortic arch, whereas it is pressed against the inner side thereof during a diastole. Further, the position of the pump varies continuously, which may result in displacements of the canula passing through the aortic valve and even in an ejection of the canula which then slips from the cardiac valve into the aorta.
It is another difficulty with such blood pumps that the suction head may adhere to tissue parts inside the heart by suction. This entails the danger of irritations of the heart and, further, the pumping capacity is reduced by the obstruction of inlet openings. Finally, it may happen that the canula adheres to the mitral valve by suction and an additional damage to the blood is induced by suction.
It is an object of the present invention to provide an intracardiac pumping device for percutaneous insertion that substantially avoids the risk of adhering by suction.
The present pumping device has the features of claim 1. According thereto, a flexible projection is provided at the canula distal of the inlet openings. The projection forms a mechanical spacer maintaining a distance to neighboring walls, yet does not change the pumping device hydraulically.
Beside the spacing function, the projection has other effects. It increases the mechanical length of the pumping device without increasing the hydraulic length. The increase in mechanical length has the consequence that the pumping device is less likely to slip out through the aortic valve. On the other hand, the hydraulic resistance of the canula is not increased so that the suction performance is not degraded. It is another effect that the projection essentially reduces the tendency of the pumping device to make pulsating motions caused by cardiac pulsation. The pumping device including the pump and the catheter lies much calmer within the heart, whereby also the danger of an ejection is reduced. In the event that a new insertion is to be allowed after an ejection, the distal projection is preferably configured such that a new retrograde passage of the aortic valve is possible easily and reproducibly.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the flexible projection is a hollow tube whose lumen is in communication with that of the canula. Such a pumping device is suited for use with a guide wire. When inserting the pumping device, the guide wire may be included as a stiffening means. It is also possible to first place the guide wire and to then slip the pumping device over the same. Eventually, an angled tip of the guide wire may also be pushed out from the projection to serve as a pathfinder through the vascular system. Although the lumen of the projection is in communication with the lumen of the canula, the pump does not suck through the projection. This is because the inlet openings at the suction head have a much larger cross section than the lumen of the projection so that due to the lower flow resistance the suction is affected for the much greater part through the inlet openings. A certain suction effect caused by the lumen of the projection is so small that it is negligible and is not sufficient to cause adherence by suction to other parts. Thus, other than the suction head, the projection is unable to adhere by suction. However, should the lumen of the projection be obstructed for some reason, this has no effects on the hydraulic function of the pump.
The flexible projection may comprise a pigtail tip as known from catheters and stents. The rounded pigtail tip allows for an atraumatical supporting at heart or vessel walls. Moreover, the tip is so soft and flexible that it adapts to any cavity topology by deforming. The pigtail tip also facilitates the insertion and the placing of the pumping device. Specifically, it can be used in combination with a guide wire, the pigtail tip being stretched by the guide wire during insertion. When the pigtail tip is advanced without the guide wire, a simple and reproducible retrograde passage through the aortic valve is still possible. This is of particular importance since the guide wire is removed for the pump to operate and can not be advanced again without having to remove the pump for that purpose. Should the pump be ejected from the left heart due to the systolic cardiac functions, it may be repositioned even without the wire because of the configuration of the flexible projection as a pigtail.
The following is a detailed description of embodiments of the invention with reference to the drawing. The features mentioned in the context of the embodiments do not limit the scope of the invention. The same is defined by the claims.
The intracardiac pumping device comprises a pump 11 with a proximal end 12 and a distal end 13. The pump 11 has a housing with an outer diameter of 4 mm at most and a length of approximately 15 mm so that the pump can be inserted percutaneously and be operated inside the heart. Larger pumps that can only be inserted surgically must not exceed an outer diameter of 6 mm because of the peripheral vessel diameters.
The proximal end 12 of the pump 11 is connected with a catheter 14 including the electric wires for the operation and the control of the pump 11. The distal end 13 is connected with a canula 15 which is an elongate flexible hose forming at its distal end a suction head 16 with lateral inlet openings 17. The pump 11 draws blood through the inlet openings 17 of the canula 15 and pumps the same through the outlet openings 18 provided in the sides of the pump. The pump and the canula are generally designed as described in EP 0 916 369 A1 (Impella). The canula 15 is a hose with a length of about 40 to 70 mm, whose wall is formed by a coiled wire provided with a polyurethane coating. The canula 15 has a certain form stability, yet it is flexible.
According to the invention, the suction head 16 of the canula 15 is adjoined by a projection 20 that extends the canula 15 mechanically, but not hydraulically. The projection 20 has a length of 10 to 30 mm. In the present case, it is provided with a pigtail tip 21 to allow for atraumatic support at body tissue.
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The pump 11 pumps continuously at a delivery rate of 2 to 3 l/min. The reaction force tends to pull the pump into the heart. This force is countered by the pumping force of the heart. During the systole, the heart has a fluctuating delivery rate of about 10 l/min. It has been found that the pump moves resulting in a systolic position 25 at the outer side of the aortic arch 10 during the ejection phase of the heart, while, during the filling phase, a diastolic position 26 on the inner side of the aortic arch 10 is obtained. With these movements, the position of the canula 15 and the suction head 16 also changes. When the suction head 16 comes close to the trabecula structures situated at the wall of the heart, there is a danger of these structures being caught by suction, of an occlusion of the suction head, of an increased damage to the blood and the risk of a hematoma being formed in the cardiac structure.
Adhering by suction is made more difficult by the projection 20 that is supported at the wall of the heart. Further, the projection 20 forms a mechanical extension of the canula to prevent ejection from the left ventricle and the aortic valve.
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Claims
1. An intracardiac pumping device for percutaneous insertion, comprising a pump connected at the proximal end with a catheter and at the suction-side distal end with a canula having inlet openings remote from the pump, characterized in that a flexible pigtail tip is provided at the canula distal of all of the inlet openings, wherein said flexible pigtail tip forms a spacer for keeping said inlet openings spaced apart from adjacent heart walls.
2. The pumping device of claim 1, wherein the pigtail tip comprises a non-sucking projection.
3. The pumping device of claim 1, wherein the pigtail tip comprises a hollow hose whose lumen is in communication with that of the canula.
4. The pumping device of claim 1, wherein the inlet openings are provided in an expansible suction basket including an inflow funnel.
5. The pumping device of claim 1, wherein the pigtail tip has an outer diameter that is smaller than that of the canula.
6. The pumping device of claim 1, wherein the canula has a preformed bend.
7. The pumping device of claim 1, wherein a guide wire is provided that leads through the pump and is adapted to be advanced from the canula into the pigtail tip.
8. The pumping device of claim 1, wherein the pigtail tip has lateral auxiliary openings.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 24, 2004
Date of Patent: Aug 30, 2016
Patent Publication Number: 20100268017
Assignee: ABIOMED EUROPE GMBH (Aachen)
Inventor: Thorsten Siess (Wuerselen)
Primary Examiner: Christopher D Koharski
Assistant Examiner: Roland Dinga
Application Number: 10/566,423
International Classification: A61M 1/10 (20060101); A61M 1/12 (20060101); A61M 25/00 (20060101);