Implantable device for improving or remedying valvular incompetence

US10507107B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• UNIVERSITÄT DUISBURG-ESSEN · DE
• Coramaze Technologies LTD. · DE

Inventors

• Niklas Maximilian NATHE · Düsseldorf, DE
• Till Neumann · Bochum, DE
• Torsten Scheuermann · Munich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 10, 2016
• Grant date: Dec 17, 2019
• Expiry date: May 10, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2250/0003
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An implantable device for improving or remedying valvular incompetence, comprising a sealing body and at least one anchoring element (2) fastened thereto, by means of which the sealing body is able to be fastened in the heart, preferably in the atrium of the heart, wherein the sealing body comprises at least one cavity (6), which is also able to be filled with a fluid after implanting the sealing body and preferably not able to be emptied independently, and wherein, furthermore preferably, the sealing body remains expanded with constant volume during the cardiac phases as a result of the filling, characterized in that a plurality of cavities (6) are disposed about a main body (1) of the sealing body lying in the direction of longitudinal extent of the sealing body, or a single cavity (6) surrounds a main body (1) of the sealing body lying in the direction of longitudinal extent of the sealing body, wherein the main body (1) is embodied as a tube which is able to be bent out of the linear extent thereof and into the lateral surface of which a multiplicity of cuts have been introduced.