Vascular implant

US6790230B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• UNIVERSITAETSKLINIKUM FREIBURG · DE

Inventors

• Friedhelm Beyersdorf · Glückstadt, DE
• Georg Lutter · Glückstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 30, 2002
• Grant date: Sep 14, 2004
• Expiry date: Jul 21, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2230/0013
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An anchoring element including a replacement heart valve for the purposes of intraluminal anchoring of the heart valve element to mammalian hearts, the anchoring element having a small enough initial volume prior to its placement that it can be brought to its point of use using a catheter through a blood vessel and can be expanded there to its functionally correct dimensions. The anchoring element is shaped differently from a cylindrical shape such that it is connected to the aorta at the point of use at least in areas in a form-locked manner. This facilitates an especially good seating of the anchoring element containing the replacement heart valve.