CA2668308A1 - Apparatus and method for reducing mitral regurgitation - Google Patents
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Abstract
Apparatus for reducing mitral regurgitation, by applying a force to the wall of the coronary sinus so as to force the posterior leaflet anteriorly and thereby reduce mitral regurgitation.
Description
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING MITRAL REGURGITATION
Reference To Related =Lplication This patent application claims benefit of pending prior U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60/273, 893, filed 03/05/01 by William E.
Cohn et al. for TRP?\TSZ?=SCULn?R MST::ODS r?\TD DEVICES FOR
MITRAL VALVE PROCEDURES, which aoplicatica is incorporated by reference herein.
Background Of The Invenzion Mitral valve repair is the orocedure of choice to correct mitral regurgitation of all etiologies. With the use of current surgical techniques, between 70% and 95% of regurgitate mitral valves can be repaired. The advantages of mitral valve repair over mitral valve replacement are well documented. These include better preservation of cardiac function and reduced risk of anticoagulant-related hemorrhage, thromboem.bolism and endocarditis.
In current practice, mitral valve surgery requires an extremely invasive approach that includes a chest wall incision, cardiopulmonary bypass, cardiac and pulmonary arrest, and an incision on the heart itself to gain access to the r:itral valve. Such a procedure is associated with high morbidity=and mortality. Due to the risk associated with this procedure, many of the sickest patients are denied the potential benefits of surgical correction of mitral regurgitation. In addition, patients with. :noderate, symptomatic mitral regurgitation are denied early interventicn and undergo surgical correction only after the development of cardiac dysfur_ction.
Mitral regurgitation is a coir:mon occurrence in patients with heart failure and a source of'important morbidity and mortality in these patients. Mitral regurgitation in patients with heart failure is caused by changes in the geometric configurations of the left ventricle, papillary muscles and mitral annulus. These geometric alterations result in mitral leaflet tethering and incomplete coaptation at systole. In this situation, mitral regurgitation is corrected by plicating the mitral valve annulus, either by (i) sutures alone or by (ii) sutures in combination with a support ring, so as to reduce the circumference of the WO 02/09627i ACT/US02/21865 ~ 3 _ distended annulus and restore the original geometry of the mitral valve annulLs.
More particularly, current surgical practice for mitral valve repair gen.erally requires that the posterior mitral valve annulus be reduced in radius by surgically opening the left atrium and then fixing sutures, or more commcnly sutures in combinatzon with a support ring, to the i=_ernal s=irface of the annulus;
this structure is used to cinch the annulus, in a pursestring-like fashicn, to c snaller raciius, thereby reducing mitral regurgitation by innproving leaflet coaptation.
This method of mitral valve repair, generally termed "annuloplasty", effectively reduces mitral regurgitation in heart failure patients. This, in turn, reduces symptoms of heart failure, imnroves quality of life and increases longetivity.
Unfortunately, however, the invasive nature of mitral valve surgery and the attendant risks render most heart failure patients poor surgical candidates. Thus, a less invasive means to increase leaflet coaptation and thereby reduce mitral regurgitation in heart failure - Q -patients would make this therapy available to a much greater percentage of patients.
Mitral regurgitation also occurs in approximately 20% of patients suffering acute myocardial infarction.
In addition, mitral regurgitation is the primary cause of cardiogenic shock in approximately 10% of patients who develop severe hemodyr_arnic instability in the setting of acute myocardial infarction. Patients with :nitral regurgitation and cardioaenic shoc~ have about a 50% hospital mortality. Elimination of mitral regurgitation in these patients would be oi significant benefit. Unfortunately, however, patients with acute mitral regurgitation co-mplicating acute myocardial infarction are particularly high-risk surgical candidates, and are therefore not good candidates for a traditional anr,uloplasty procedure. Thus, a minimally invasive means to effect a temporary reduction or elimination of mitral regurgitation in these critically ill patients would afford them the time to recover from the .myocardial infarction or other acute life-threatening events and make them better candidates for medical, interventional or surgical therapy.
- S -Summary Of The Invention As a result, one object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for treating mitral regurgitation which does not suffer from the disadvantages associated with conventional annuloplasty.
p.nother object of the present i nventi on is to provide an apparatus a-nd method for treating mitral regurgitation which c-=n be deployed either permanently (e.g., for patients su==ering from heart =Gilure) or ten:porarily (e.g., for patients suffering from mitral regurgitation with acute myocardial infarction).
These and other objects are addressed by the present invention, which is made possible by the discovery that the mitral annulus may be remodeled without the plication of conventional, open-surgery annuloplasty.
With the above and other objects in view, a feature of the invention, is the provision of an apparatus for reducing mitral regurgitation.. The apparatus comprises:
a bendable elongated body adapted to be inserted into the coronary sinus of a patient in the vicinity of the posterior leaflet of the mitral valve, the elongated body being 'adjustable between a first configuration adapted to be delivered int'-o the coronary sinus and a second configuration adapted to exert a force onto the postericr annulus, the body comprising:
a distal end section havir_g a plurality of proximally-extending b_r-b-s;
a proximal end section raving a pluraliyo of distally-extending bar~s; and at least one sprin=g seg:,,ent co?'inectl::g said distal end section to said proximal end section, sazd at least one spring segment being adapted to apply a force to said distal end section and said proximal end section so as to urge said distal end section and said proximal end section together;
whereby when said elongated body is i:,serted into the coronary sinus in the first configuration, said at least one spring segment will cause said elongated body to assume the second configuration so as to exert the force on the posterior annulus and thereby reduce mitral. regurgitation.
In accordance with a further feature of the invention, there is provided a further apparatus for reducing mitral regurgitation. The apparatus comprises:
a variable elongated body adapted to be inserted into the coronary sinus of a patient in the vicinity of the posterior leaflet cf the mitral valve, the variable elongated bodv being acjustable between a first conTiguration adapted to be delivered into the coronary sin~os and a second configuration adapted to exert a iorce onto the posterior annulus, the variable elongated body comprising:
a first anchor comprising a first elongated section and a first anchor element disposed at one end thereof;
a second anchor having a second elongated section and a second anchor element disposed at one end thereof;
a crimp having an opening therein and being adapted to selectively close down the size of the opening;
said first anchor, said second anchor and said crimp being arranged so that said first elorigated section and said second elongated section extend through said opening, with said first anchor element and said second anchcr element being displaced from one another;
whereby said elongated body may be positioned in said first configuraticn wherein first anchor element and said second ancho:: ele,<<en` are disnlaced from one another by a first diszaince, sai-d e.Iongatzd body may be deployed in sai d coronary sinus, and said elongated body may thereafter be moved i r "Lo said second con=iguration wherein said first anchor and said second anchor are displaced from one another by a second, shorter distance, whereby to exert the force on the posterior annulus and thereby reduce mitral regurgitation.
In accordance wizh a further feature of the invention, there is provided a method for reducing mitral regurgitation. The method comprises the steps of:
providing a prosthesis comprisi.ng:
a bendable elongated body adapted to be inserted into the coronary sinus of a patient in the vicinity of the posterior leaflet of the.mitral valve, the elongated body being adjustable between a first configuration adapted to be delivered into the coronary sinus and a second configuration aclapted to exert a force onto the posterior annulus, the bodv comprising:
a distal end section having a plurality of proximally-extending barbs;
a proximal end section having a plurality of distally-extending barbs; and at least one snri_^,g segTert connecti-:g said distal end section to said prcximaI end section, said at least one spring segment being adapted to apply a force to said distal end sectibn and said nroximal end section so as to urge said distal end section and said proximal end section together;
whereby when said elongated body is inserted into the coronary sinus in the first configuration, said at least one spring segment will cause said elongated body to assume the second configuration so as to exert the force on the posterior annulus and thereby reduce mitral regurgitation;
positioning the prosthesis in the coronary sinus while in the first configuration; and reconfiguring the prosthesis into the secon d configuration.
In accordance with a furtner=feature of the invention, there is prcvided a further method for reducing mitral regurcitation, the method comprising the steps of:
providing a prost:esis ccT-rising:
a variable elongazed body adGpted to be inserted into the coronary sinus of : ~atient in the vicinity of the posterior leaflez c= the :ni tral valve, t::e variable elongated body being adjust.:ble between a first configuration adapted to be delivered into the coronary sinus and a second configuration adapted to .exert a force onto the posterior annulus, the variable elongated body comprising:
a first anchor comprising a first elongated section and a first a-ichor ele::ent disposed at one end thereof;
a second anchor having a second elongated section and a second anchor element disposed at one end thereof;
a crimp having an opening therein and being adapted to selectively close down the size of the opening;
said first anchor, said second anchor and said crimp being arranged so that said first elongated section and said second elongated section extend through said o'G'ening, ':~i th Scld f1r5t anchor element and said second anchor elerne.^.z being di splaced from one another;
whereby said elongated body _..ay he positioned in said first configuration wherein first anchor element and said second anchor element are displaced from one another by a first distance, said elongated body may be deployed in said coronary sinus, and said elongated body may thereafter be moved into said second configuration wherein s-aid first anchor and'said second anchor are displaced from or_e another by a second, shorter distance, whereby to exert the force on the posterior annulus and thereby reduce mitral regurgitation;
positioning the prosthesis in the coronary sinus while in the first configuration; and WO 02/096275 PCT/US02/2186---) reconfiguring the prosthesis into the second configuration.
The above and ot:er features of the invention, including various novel details of construction and combinations of parts -7-nd method steps, will now be more particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawings and poi:,ted out in the claims.
?t will be understood :^at t:e oarticular devices and :~:ethods embodying the _rivention are shown by way of illustration cnly and not as li_r,itGtions of the invention. The princip? es and features of this invention may be employed in various and numerous embodiments without departing from the scope of the invention.
=rief Description Of The Drawings The above and other objects and features of the present invention are more fully disclosed by the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the invention, which is to be considered together with the accompGnying drawings wherein like numbers refer to like parts and further wherein:
WO 02/09627i PCT/US02/2186i Fig. 1 is a schematic view of portions of the human vascular system;
Fig. 2 is a schematic view of portions of the human heart;
S Fig. 3 is a side elevational, partly sectional view of a preferred arparatus formed in accordance with the present invention =rd shc-4n in a first configuration;
Figs. 4 is a secrional vi-ew taken along line ~=
iG i~'-TiV of t1g. 3;
Fig. 5 is a side elevational view of the apparatus of Fig. 3 shown in a second configuration;
Fig. 6 is a diagram_*natic illustration of an alternative embodiment in a first configuration;
15 Fig. 7 is a diagra.munatic illustration of the embodiment of Fig. 6 in a second configuration;
Fig. 8 is a diagrammatic illustration of another alternative embodiment;
Fig. 9 is similar to Fig_ 8, but illustrative of 20 the embodiment of Fig. 8 in a second configuration;
Fig. 10 is a schematic vi-ew of portions of the human heart and illustrating diagrammatically another alternative embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 11 is a diacra.^Lmatic illustration of another alternative embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 12 is a diagrazrr.matic illustration of still another alternative er:oodiment of the present invention, with the embodiment being shoi,,n in a first configuration and a second configuration;
Figs. 13 and 14 s: cw the e:r:bodiment of Fig. 12 Gnplied to the anatomy c= a paLient, with _ig. 13 showing the eri~bodiment in the aforementior.ed first conTigurati-on and Fig. ~4 showing the embodi:;Ent in the aforementioned second configuration; and Figs. 15A-15E are a series of diagrcmmatic illustrations showing deployment of the embodiment of Fias. 12-14.
Detailed Description Of The Preferred Embodiments The coronary sinus is the largest vein in the human heart. During a large portion of its course in the atrioventricular groove, the coronary sinus ty-pically extends adjacent to the left atrium of the heart for a distance of approximately 5 to 10 centimeters. Significantly, for a portion of its length, e.g., typically approximately 7-9 cm, the coronary sinus extends substantially adjacent to the posterior perimeter of the mitral annulus. The present invention takes advantace of this fact. Nore particularly, by deplcying an elongated body in the coronary sinus, adjace_- to the posterior leaflet of the mitral valve, pressure may be brought to bear on the posterior annulus c= the mitral valve, whereby to move the posterior ~nr.=~: ::s an zeri.orly so as to improve lEailet coaptation cnd, as a resulL, reduce mitral regurgitation. In thi-- respect it should be appreciated that the pcsterior annulus may be shifted anteriorly so as to achieve, or to attempt to achieve to the extent anatomically possible, leaflet-to-leaflet engrt-aement or leaflet-to-annulus engagement (e . g. , where a leaf l et :r~ay be tethered due to left ventricular d_isLortion). Both of these types of engagement, or targeted engagement, are intended to be encompassed by the terms "improved leaflet coaptation" and/or "increased leaflet coaptation" and the like.
In one preferred errbodiment of the invention, access to the coronary sinus is gained percutaneously, e.g., the elongated body is introduced into the patient's vascular system via the jugular vein or via the left subclavian vein, passed down the superior vena cava, passed through the right atrium and then passed into the coronary sinus, where it is deployed.
Alternatively, the elongated body may be introduced into the coronary sinus through a small incision in the heart, or through some other incision into the paLi-ent's vascular system.
Once deployed, the elcncated body may be left in l0 position permanently (e.g., in the case of patients suffering from mitral regurgitation associated with heart failure) or the elongated body may be left in position only temporarily (e.g., in the case of patients suffering from mitral regurgitatiori associated with acute myocardial infarction).
Visualization of the procedure may be obtained by fluoroscopy, echocardiography, intravascular ultrasound, angioscopy, real-time magnetic resonance imaging, etc. The efficacy of the procedure may be determined through echocardiography, although other imaging modalities may also be suitable.
Looking now at Fig. 1, there are shown aspects of the cardiovascular system 3 of a patient. More particularly, cardiovascular system 3 generally comprises the heart 6, the superior vena cava 9, the right subclavian vein 12, the left subclGvian vein 15, the jugular vein 18, and the inferior ver.a cava 22.
Superior vena cava 9 and inferior vena cava 21 communicate with the ~e_rt's right atrium 24. The coronary ostium 27 lea;s to coronary sinus 30. At the far end 31 (Fig. 2) o= coronary sinus 30, the vascular structure turns into zhe vertically-descending anterio i~:terventricular vein ("AiV") 32 (see Fig. 1). For purposes of the present invention, it can generally be convenient to consider the term "coronary sinus" to mean the vascular structure extending between coronary ostium 27 and AIV 32.
As seen in Fig. 2, between coronary ostium 27 'and AIV 32, coronary sinus 30 generally extends substantially adjacent to the posterior perimeter of the annulus 33 of the'mitral valve 36. Nitra.Z valve 3 comprises a posterior leaflet 39 and an anterior leaflet 42. In the case of a regurgitant mitral valve posterior leaflet 39 and anterior leaflet 42 will generally fail to properly coapt at systole, thereby leaving an intervening gap 45 which will permit regurgitation.
Referring to Fig. 3, it will'be seen that an illustrative preferred embodiment includes an elongated flexible body 50. The body 50 preferably is provided with a rounded or poir.zed distal end 52 for insertion into the coronary sinLs 30 (rig. 5) Fixed to the dist.El end -~2 of the bodV 50 is a wire 54 which extends 7-^rough the body 50, -,4ith a proximal portion P th e_eof extending prcx_mally from body 50 (Fig. 3). The body 50 is provided with wire supporting portions 58, each of which defines a channel 60 (Fig. 4) for retaining the wire 54, but permitting the wire 54 to slide ':i.erethrough. Wire 54 is preferably positioned cn one side of the longitudinal axis of body 50, and body 50 preferably includes a plurality of openings 55 helpir=g to define a plurality of flexible bridges 56.
The body 50 may be provided with barbs 62 for engagement with tissue in the coronary sinus 30. When barbs 62 are used, the elongated body 50 should be housed in a guide catheter 64 (Fig. 4) which is removed once the body 50 is in place, to expose barbs 62.
As body 50 is inserted into coronary sinus 30, it will generally assume the shape of the coronary sinus, which is naturally cu.-ved in the=region of the posterior leaflet of th.e mitral valve. Thereafter, wire 54 may be pushed or pulled, as desired, so as to alter the configuraticn of body 50. More specifically, by pushing the wire 5= in a distp-l direction, the body 50 is caused to recon=iaure to a tighter arc around the mitral valve annulus 33-, -i.e., ~.y bending on bridges 56 and enlarging openings 55. Ey ou11= :g the wire 54 proximally, the body is caused to recon-figure to a more extended arc, or to assume a straight configuration, or even to assume an inverted configuration, by bending on bridges 56 and reducing openings 55. Either alteration of the configuration of body 50 in turn alters the configuration of the coronary sinus adjacent to the mitral valve, whereby to force the posterior annulus anteriorly and thereby improve leaflet coaptation and hence reduce mitral regurgitation.
Looking next at Fig. 6, there is shown an alternative embodiment of the bresent invention. More particularly, there is shown an elongated body 100 which comprises a plurality of staples 103 connected by a flexible bridge 105. A wire 110 has one end secured to the distalmost end of bridge 105. During use, the elongated body 100 is positioned'iaithin the coronary sinus (Fig. 7), staples 103 are secured to the walls of the coronary sinus 30, and then wire 110 is pushed distally or pulled pr::x.imally so as to modify the configuration of eloncared body 100. More particularly, pulling wire 110 proximally will cause hridge 105 to reconfic_Ye to a tichter arc around the mitral valve annulus, ~,hereas pushing wire 110 distally will cause bridge 105 to reconfigure into a more .
extended arc, or to go straight, or even to invert.
This action in turn alters the configuration of the, coronary sinus 30 adjacent to the mitral valve 36, whereby to force the posterior annulus anteriorly and thereby impzove leaflet coaptation and hence reduce mitral regurgitation.
Looking next at Fig. 8, there is shown another alternative embodiment of the present invention. More particularly, there is shown an elongated bcdy 200 which comprises a plurality of anchors 205, formed by staples, or the like, each comprising an eyelet through which extends a wire 210. The distal end of wire 210 WO 02/096275 PCT/US02/2186.5 is secured to the distalmost staple. During use, the elongated body 200 is oositioned within the coronary sinus, the anchors 205 are secured'to the walls of the coronary sinus 30, ar_d then wire 210 is pulled proximally so as to modify the configuration of elongated bodv 200. ?=:;.re specifically, pulling of the wire 210 causes the bo:v 200 to reconfigure to a wider ;:rc (Fig. 9) -;::nd then, i: pulled ;urther, to a substantially straight configuratzon. Such action, in turn, alters .he confiKurGtion o"f the coronary sinus 30 adjacent to the mitral valve 36, whereby to force the posterior annulus anteriorly and thereby improve leaflet coaptation and hence reduce mitral regurgitation.
Looking next at Fig. 10, there is showri another eTnbodiment of the present invention. 2viore narticularly, there is shown an elongated body 300 which is adapted to reducing mitral regurgitation by scarring the mitral valve annulus 33 to cause contraction thereof. - Elongated body 300 includes an element at its distal end which is adapted to inject a scarring medium into the mitral valve annulus. This scarring medium may comprise a chemical, or it may comprise energy selected from a group of energies consisting of thermal, cryogenic, laser and radio frequency.
Looking next at rig. 11, there is showri an elongated body 400 which comprises a self-cinching version of the invention. More pa.rticularly, body 400 comprises a distal end section 405 including a plurality' of proximclly-extending barbs 410, a proximal end section 415 including a plurality of distally-extending barbs 420, and one or .;~ore spring seg7-ments 425 connecting distal end section 405 to proximal end section 415. If desired, intermediate sections 430, with or without associated barbs 435, may be disposed between spring segments 425.
In use, elongated body 400 is positioned in coronary sinus 30 with its one or more spring sections ^05 configured in an extended condition, and then the one or more spring sections 425 are reconfigured into a contracted conditionso that the device's distal end section 405 and prox~mal end section 415 are drawn together. This actidn will cause barbs 410 and 420 to set into the surrounding tissue and draw this tissue closer together. Wit!h elongated body 400 residing in coronary.sinus 30 and drawing separated sections of the curved coronary sinus closer together, the coronary sinus is effectively :traightened'Gnd the posterior leaflet 39 is forced anteriorly, whereby to reduce or completely eliminate mitral regurgitation.
If desired, the cne or more spring sections 425 may be formed out of a=esilient material, e.g., a resilient metal or p1Gs:ic. In this case, the one or more spring sections 425 rnay Le restrained in an i0 extended concition ..'he-n the elongated bodw 400 i5 positioned in the coronary tissue; and the one or more spring sections 425 may thereafter be released so as to draw together distal iBnd section 405 and proximal end section 415. Alternatively, tae one or more spring secti.ons 425 may be formed out of a so-called shape memory al2oy, with a temperature transition being used to effect the desired s=!ortening of the one or more spring sections 425 when the coronary sinus is to be straightened.
Looking next at Fig. 12, there is shown a device 500 which is intended to minimize trauma to the coronary sinus wall by fixating at only two points and then cinching between those two points, using the _ 24 _ coronary sinus as a guide path for the cinching mechanism. To this end, device 500 comprises an anterolateral anchor 505 having.a hook 510 and a posteromedial anchor 515 having a hook 520. Hooks 510 and 520 are shown in Fig. 12 as simple curved shapes with sharp tips, however, other configurations may also be used, e.c., barbs or staples or suture knots. A ratcheting ::echGnis:n is prefer~bly used to effect cinching between a::chcrs 505 and 525. In one preferred embodiment of t:~e nresent invention, the ratcheting mechanism is bi-directional aad is achieved by creating a rough or saw-toothed surface 525 on anchor 505 and a rough or saw-toothed surface, 530 on anchor 515. Fixation crin:ti 535 for`ces the two surfaces 525 and 530 together so as to keep them from slipping relative to one another. In one form of the invention, fixation crimp 535 is an elastolmeric material of sufficient durometer to allow the two anchors to be forced apart when desired but which will normally not move under the loads associated with cardiac function. Alternatively, crimp 535 may be formed of a deformable material that is crimped after the two anchors 505 and 510 have been cinched together.
In use, device 500 is deployed in the coronary sinus 30 with its anchors 505 and 515 in an extended configuration; hooks 510 and 520 are set into the wall of the coronary sinus; and then anchors 505 and 515 are ratched toget::er so as to bring :^.octi:s 510 and 520 (and hence remote porzicns of tissue) together, whereby to straighten z::e ccro::ary sinus and thereby IO reduce mitral regurgiration. Fig. 13 shc :s the device 500 in an initial, uncinched configuration, and Fig. 14 shows the device 500 in a final, cinched configuration, with the resulting plication of mitral annulus 33.
Figs. 15A-15E show one e:r:bodiment of device 500 being deployed and cinched. Devi ce 500 is introduced into the coronary sinus via an outer sheath 540.
Hooks 510 and 520 are made of a resilient material such as Nitinol, stainless steel or plastic, and are stretched flat by the outer sheath 540. A push rod 545 and pull rod 550 form a cinching device 555. In this embodiment, push rod 545 is temporarily connected to device 500 by a threaded hole in crimp 535. Pull rod is temporarily connected to device 500 by a threaded hole in the proximal end of anterolateral anchor 505. h'hen='push rod 545 and pull rod 550 are moved in relationship to each other, the device 500 changes length by a distance 560 shown in Fig. 12.
Fig. 15B shows an-c7or 505 emerging Trom outer sheath 540 and regai::_rg its original curved shape.
This can be effected '--v pushina zhe device 500 distally with push rod 545. rs anchor 505 emerges from outer sheath 540, its hoo}: 510 will engGge in the adjacent tissue.
Fig. 15C shows anchor 515 emerging from sheath 540 and regaining its original curved shape. As anchor 515 emerges from outer sheath 540, its hook 520 will engage in the Gdjacen-L tissue.
Fig. 15D shows pull rod 550 being moved relative to push rod 545 so as to reduce the overall length of device 500. As this occurs, opposing hooks 510 and 520 will draw the tissue together, so as to plicate mitral annulus 33 and thereby reduce mitral regurgitation.
WO 02/096275 PCT/US02/2186;
Fig. 15E shows cinching device 555 removed from annuloplasty device 500 by unscrewing both pull rod 555 and push rod 595.
It is to be understood thGt the present invention is by no mear.s limited to the particular constructions and method steps herein disclosed and/or shown in the drawings, but also coar:prises any modifications or ecruivalents within the sccpe of t'-e clai ,s.
Reference To Related =Lplication This patent application claims benefit of pending prior U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60/273, 893, filed 03/05/01 by William E.
Cohn et al. for TRP?\TSZ?=SCULn?R MST::ODS r?\TD DEVICES FOR
MITRAL VALVE PROCEDURES, which aoplicatica is incorporated by reference herein.
Background Of The Invenzion Mitral valve repair is the orocedure of choice to correct mitral regurgitation of all etiologies. With the use of current surgical techniques, between 70% and 95% of regurgitate mitral valves can be repaired. The advantages of mitral valve repair over mitral valve replacement are well documented. These include better preservation of cardiac function and reduced risk of anticoagulant-related hemorrhage, thromboem.bolism and endocarditis.
In current practice, mitral valve surgery requires an extremely invasive approach that includes a chest wall incision, cardiopulmonary bypass, cardiac and pulmonary arrest, and an incision on the heart itself to gain access to the r:itral valve. Such a procedure is associated with high morbidity=and mortality. Due to the risk associated with this procedure, many of the sickest patients are denied the potential benefits of surgical correction of mitral regurgitation. In addition, patients with. :noderate, symptomatic mitral regurgitation are denied early interventicn and undergo surgical correction only after the development of cardiac dysfur_ction.
Mitral regurgitation is a coir:mon occurrence in patients with heart failure and a source of'important morbidity and mortality in these patients. Mitral regurgitation in patients with heart failure is caused by changes in the geometric configurations of the left ventricle, papillary muscles and mitral annulus. These geometric alterations result in mitral leaflet tethering and incomplete coaptation at systole. In this situation, mitral regurgitation is corrected by plicating the mitral valve annulus, either by (i) sutures alone or by (ii) sutures in combination with a support ring, so as to reduce the circumference of the WO 02/09627i ACT/US02/21865 ~ 3 _ distended annulus and restore the original geometry of the mitral valve annulLs.
More particularly, current surgical practice for mitral valve repair gen.erally requires that the posterior mitral valve annulus be reduced in radius by surgically opening the left atrium and then fixing sutures, or more commcnly sutures in combinatzon with a support ring, to the i=_ernal s=irface of the annulus;
this structure is used to cinch the annulus, in a pursestring-like fashicn, to c snaller raciius, thereby reducing mitral regurgitation by innproving leaflet coaptation.
This method of mitral valve repair, generally termed "annuloplasty", effectively reduces mitral regurgitation in heart failure patients. This, in turn, reduces symptoms of heart failure, imnroves quality of life and increases longetivity.
Unfortunately, however, the invasive nature of mitral valve surgery and the attendant risks render most heart failure patients poor surgical candidates. Thus, a less invasive means to increase leaflet coaptation and thereby reduce mitral regurgitation in heart failure - Q -patients would make this therapy available to a much greater percentage of patients.
Mitral regurgitation also occurs in approximately 20% of patients suffering acute myocardial infarction.
In addition, mitral regurgitation is the primary cause of cardiogenic shock in approximately 10% of patients who develop severe hemodyr_arnic instability in the setting of acute myocardial infarction. Patients with :nitral regurgitation and cardioaenic shoc~ have about a 50% hospital mortality. Elimination of mitral regurgitation in these patients would be oi significant benefit. Unfortunately, however, patients with acute mitral regurgitation co-mplicating acute myocardial infarction are particularly high-risk surgical candidates, and are therefore not good candidates for a traditional anr,uloplasty procedure. Thus, a minimally invasive means to effect a temporary reduction or elimination of mitral regurgitation in these critically ill patients would afford them the time to recover from the .myocardial infarction or other acute life-threatening events and make them better candidates for medical, interventional or surgical therapy.
- S -Summary Of The Invention As a result, one object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for treating mitral regurgitation which does not suffer from the disadvantages associated with conventional annuloplasty.
p.nother object of the present i nventi on is to provide an apparatus a-nd method for treating mitral regurgitation which c-=n be deployed either permanently (e.g., for patients su==ering from heart =Gilure) or ten:porarily (e.g., for patients suffering from mitral regurgitation with acute myocardial infarction).
These and other objects are addressed by the present invention, which is made possible by the discovery that the mitral annulus may be remodeled without the plication of conventional, open-surgery annuloplasty.
With the above and other objects in view, a feature of the invention, is the provision of an apparatus for reducing mitral regurgitation.. The apparatus comprises:
a bendable elongated body adapted to be inserted into the coronary sinus of a patient in the vicinity of the posterior leaflet of the mitral valve, the elongated body being 'adjustable between a first configuration adapted to be delivered int'-o the coronary sinus and a second configuration adapted to exert a force onto the postericr annulus, the body comprising:
a distal end section havir_g a plurality of proximally-extending b_r-b-s;
a proximal end section raving a pluraliyo of distally-extending bar~s; and at least one sprin=g seg:,,ent co?'inectl::g said distal end section to said proximal end section, sazd at least one spring segment being adapted to apply a force to said distal end section and said proximal end section so as to urge said distal end section and said proximal end section together;
whereby when said elongated body is i:,serted into the coronary sinus in the first configuration, said at least one spring segment will cause said elongated body to assume the second configuration so as to exert the force on the posterior annulus and thereby reduce mitral. regurgitation.
In accordance with a further feature of the invention, there is provided a further apparatus for reducing mitral regurgitation. The apparatus comprises:
a variable elongated body adapted to be inserted into the coronary sinus of a patient in the vicinity of the posterior leaflet cf the mitral valve, the variable elongated bodv being acjustable between a first conTiguration adapted to be delivered into the coronary sin~os and a second configuration adapted to exert a iorce onto the posterior annulus, the variable elongated body comprising:
a first anchor comprising a first elongated section and a first anchor element disposed at one end thereof;
a second anchor having a second elongated section and a second anchor element disposed at one end thereof;
a crimp having an opening therein and being adapted to selectively close down the size of the opening;
said first anchor, said second anchor and said crimp being arranged so that said first elorigated section and said second elongated section extend through said opening, with said first anchor element and said second anchcr element being displaced from one another;
whereby said elongated body may be positioned in said first configuraticn wherein first anchor element and said second ancho:: ele,<<en` are disnlaced from one another by a first diszaince, sai-d e.Iongatzd body may be deployed in sai d coronary sinus, and said elongated body may thereafter be moved i r "Lo said second con=iguration wherein said first anchor and said second anchor are displaced from one another by a second, shorter distance, whereby to exert the force on the posterior annulus and thereby reduce mitral regurgitation.
In accordance wizh a further feature of the invention, there is provided a method for reducing mitral regurgitation. The method comprises the steps of:
providing a prosthesis comprisi.ng:
a bendable elongated body adapted to be inserted into the coronary sinus of a patient in the vicinity of the posterior leaflet of the.mitral valve, the elongated body being adjustable between a first configuration adapted to be delivered into the coronary sinus and a second configuration aclapted to exert a force onto the posterior annulus, the bodv comprising:
a distal end section having a plurality of proximally-extending barbs;
a proximal end section having a plurality of distally-extending barbs; and at least one snri_^,g segTert connecti-:g said distal end section to said prcximaI end section, said at least one spring segment being adapted to apply a force to said distal end sectibn and said nroximal end section so as to urge said distal end section and said proximal end section together;
whereby when said elongated body is inserted into the coronary sinus in the first configuration, said at least one spring segment will cause said elongated body to assume the second configuration so as to exert the force on the posterior annulus and thereby reduce mitral regurgitation;
positioning the prosthesis in the coronary sinus while in the first configuration; and reconfiguring the prosthesis into the secon d configuration.
In accordance with a furtner=feature of the invention, there is prcvided a further method for reducing mitral regurcitation, the method comprising the steps of:
providing a prost:esis ccT-rising:
a variable elongazed body adGpted to be inserted into the coronary sinus of : ~atient in the vicinity of the posterior leaflez c= the :ni tral valve, t::e variable elongated body being adjust.:ble between a first configuration adapted to be delivered into the coronary sinus and a second configuration adapted to .exert a force onto the posterior annulus, the variable elongated body comprising:
a first anchor comprising a first elongated section and a first a-ichor ele::ent disposed at one end thereof;
a second anchor having a second elongated section and a second anchor element disposed at one end thereof;
a crimp having an opening therein and being adapted to selectively close down the size of the opening;
said first anchor, said second anchor and said crimp being arranged so that said first elongated section and said second elongated section extend through said o'G'ening, ':~i th Scld f1r5t anchor element and said second anchor elerne.^.z being di splaced from one another;
whereby said elongated body _..ay he positioned in said first configuration wherein first anchor element and said second anchor element are displaced from one another by a first distance, said elongated body may be deployed in said coronary sinus, and said elongated body may thereafter be moved into said second configuration wherein s-aid first anchor and'said second anchor are displaced from or_e another by a second, shorter distance, whereby to exert the force on the posterior annulus and thereby reduce mitral regurgitation;
positioning the prosthesis in the coronary sinus while in the first configuration; and WO 02/096275 PCT/US02/2186---) reconfiguring the prosthesis into the second configuration.
The above and ot:er features of the invention, including various novel details of construction and combinations of parts -7-nd method steps, will now be more particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawings and poi:,ted out in the claims.
?t will be understood :^at t:e oarticular devices and :~:ethods embodying the _rivention are shown by way of illustration cnly and not as li_r,itGtions of the invention. The princip? es and features of this invention may be employed in various and numerous embodiments without departing from the scope of the invention.
=rief Description Of The Drawings The above and other objects and features of the present invention are more fully disclosed by the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the invention, which is to be considered together with the accompGnying drawings wherein like numbers refer to like parts and further wherein:
WO 02/09627i PCT/US02/2186i Fig. 1 is a schematic view of portions of the human vascular system;
Fig. 2 is a schematic view of portions of the human heart;
S Fig. 3 is a side elevational, partly sectional view of a preferred arparatus formed in accordance with the present invention =rd shc-4n in a first configuration;
Figs. 4 is a secrional vi-ew taken along line ~=
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Fig. 5 is a side elevational view of the apparatus of Fig. 3 shown in a second configuration;
Fig. 6 is a diagram_*natic illustration of an alternative embodiment in a first configuration;
15 Fig. 7 is a diagra.munatic illustration of the embodiment of Fig. 6 in a second configuration;
Fig. 8 is a diagrammatic illustration of another alternative embodiment;
Fig. 9 is similar to Fig_ 8, but illustrative of 20 the embodiment of Fig. 8 in a second configuration;
Fig. 10 is a schematic vi-ew of portions of the human heart and illustrating diagrammatically another alternative embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 11 is a diacra.^Lmatic illustration of another alternative embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 12 is a diagrazrr.matic illustration of still another alternative er:oodiment of the present invention, with the embodiment being shoi,,n in a first configuration and a second configuration;
Figs. 13 and 14 s: cw the e:r:bodiment of Fig. 12 Gnplied to the anatomy c= a paLient, with _ig. 13 showing the eri~bodiment in the aforementior.ed first conTigurati-on and Fig. ~4 showing the embodi:;Ent in the aforementioned second configuration; and Figs. 15A-15E are a series of diagrcmmatic illustrations showing deployment of the embodiment of Fias. 12-14.
Detailed Description Of The Preferred Embodiments The coronary sinus is the largest vein in the human heart. During a large portion of its course in the atrioventricular groove, the coronary sinus ty-pically extends adjacent to the left atrium of the heart for a distance of approximately 5 to 10 centimeters. Significantly, for a portion of its length, e.g., typically approximately 7-9 cm, the coronary sinus extends substantially adjacent to the posterior perimeter of the mitral annulus. The present invention takes advantace of this fact. Nore particularly, by deplcying an elongated body in the coronary sinus, adjace_- to the posterior leaflet of the mitral valve, pressure may be brought to bear on the posterior annulus c= the mitral valve, whereby to move the posterior ~nr.=~: ::s an zeri.orly so as to improve lEailet coaptation cnd, as a resulL, reduce mitral regurgitation. In thi-- respect it should be appreciated that the pcsterior annulus may be shifted anteriorly so as to achieve, or to attempt to achieve to the extent anatomically possible, leaflet-to-leaflet engrt-aement or leaflet-to-annulus engagement (e . g. , where a leaf l et :r~ay be tethered due to left ventricular d_isLortion). Both of these types of engagement, or targeted engagement, are intended to be encompassed by the terms "improved leaflet coaptation" and/or "increased leaflet coaptation" and the like.
In one preferred errbodiment of the invention, access to the coronary sinus is gained percutaneously, e.g., the elongated body is introduced into the patient's vascular system via the jugular vein or via the left subclavian vein, passed down the superior vena cava, passed through the right atrium and then passed into the coronary sinus, where it is deployed.
Alternatively, the elongated body may be introduced into the coronary sinus through a small incision in the heart, or through some other incision into the paLi-ent's vascular system.
Once deployed, the elcncated body may be left in l0 position permanently (e.g., in the case of patients suffering from mitral regurgitation associated with heart failure) or the elongated body may be left in position only temporarily (e.g., in the case of patients suffering from mitral regurgitatiori associated with acute myocardial infarction).
Visualization of the procedure may be obtained by fluoroscopy, echocardiography, intravascular ultrasound, angioscopy, real-time magnetic resonance imaging, etc. The efficacy of the procedure may be determined through echocardiography, although other imaging modalities may also be suitable.
Looking now at Fig. 1, there are shown aspects of the cardiovascular system 3 of a patient. More particularly, cardiovascular system 3 generally comprises the heart 6, the superior vena cava 9, the right subclavian vein 12, the left subclGvian vein 15, the jugular vein 18, and the inferior ver.a cava 22.
Superior vena cava 9 and inferior vena cava 21 communicate with the ~e_rt's right atrium 24. The coronary ostium 27 lea;s to coronary sinus 30. At the far end 31 (Fig. 2) o= coronary sinus 30, the vascular structure turns into zhe vertically-descending anterio i~:terventricular vein ("AiV") 32 (see Fig. 1). For purposes of the present invention, it can generally be convenient to consider the term "coronary sinus" to mean the vascular structure extending between coronary ostium 27 and AIV 32.
As seen in Fig. 2, between coronary ostium 27 'and AIV 32, coronary sinus 30 generally extends substantially adjacent to the posterior perimeter of the annulus 33 of the'mitral valve 36. Nitra.Z valve 3 comprises a posterior leaflet 39 and an anterior leaflet 42. In the case of a regurgitant mitral valve posterior leaflet 39 and anterior leaflet 42 will generally fail to properly coapt at systole, thereby leaving an intervening gap 45 which will permit regurgitation.
Referring to Fig. 3, it will'be seen that an illustrative preferred embodiment includes an elongated flexible body 50. The body 50 preferably is provided with a rounded or poir.zed distal end 52 for insertion into the coronary sinLs 30 (rig. 5) Fixed to the dist.El end -~2 of the bodV 50 is a wire 54 which extends 7-^rough the body 50, -,4ith a proximal portion P th e_eof extending prcx_mally from body 50 (Fig. 3). The body 50 is provided with wire supporting portions 58, each of which defines a channel 60 (Fig. 4) for retaining the wire 54, but permitting the wire 54 to slide ':i.erethrough. Wire 54 is preferably positioned cn one side of the longitudinal axis of body 50, and body 50 preferably includes a plurality of openings 55 helpir=g to define a plurality of flexible bridges 56.
The body 50 may be provided with barbs 62 for engagement with tissue in the coronary sinus 30. When barbs 62 are used, the elongated body 50 should be housed in a guide catheter 64 (Fig. 4) which is removed once the body 50 is in place, to expose barbs 62.
As body 50 is inserted into coronary sinus 30, it will generally assume the shape of the coronary sinus, which is naturally cu.-ved in the=region of the posterior leaflet of th.e mitral valve. Thereafter, wire 54 may be pushed or pulled, as desired, so as to alter the configuraticn of body 50. More specifically, by pushing the wire 5= in a distp-l direction, the body 50 is caused to recon=iaure to a tighter arc around the mitral valve annulus 33-, -i.e., ~.y bending on bridges 56 and enlarging openings 55. Ey ou11= :g the wire 54 proximally, the body is caused to recon-figure to a more extended arc, or to assume a straight configuration, or even to assume an inverted configuration, by bending on bridges 56 and reducing openings 55. Either alteration of the configuration of body 50 in turn alters the configuration of the coronary sinus adjacent to the mitral valve, whereby to force the posterior annulus anteriorly and thereby improve leaflet coaptation and hence reduce mitral regurgitation.
Looking next at Fig. 6, there is shown an alternative embodiment of the bresent invention. More particularly, there is shown an elongated body 100 which comprises a plurality of staples 103 connected by a flexible bridge 105. A wire 110 has one end secured to the distalmost end of bridge 105. During use, the elongated body 100 is positioned'iaithin the coronary sinus (Fig. 7), staples 103 are secured to the walls of the coronary sinus 30, and then wire 110 is pushed distally or pulled pr::x.imally so as to modify the configuration of eloncared body 100. More particularly, pulling wire 110 proximally will cause hridge 105 to reconfic_Ye to a tichter arc around the mitral valve annulus, ~,hereas pushing wire 110 distally will cause bridge 105 to reconfigure into a more .
extended arc, or to go straight, or even to invert.
This action in turn alters the configuration of the, coronary sinus 30 adjacent to the mitral valve 36, whereby to force the posterior annulus anteriorly and thereby impzove leaflet coaptation and hence reduce mitral regurgitation.
Looking next at Fig. 8, there is shown another alternative embodiment of the present invention. More particularly, there is shown an elongated bcdy 200 which comprises a plurality of anchors 205, formed by staples, or the like, each comprising an eyelet through which extends a wire 210. The distal end of wire 210 WO 02/096275 PCT/US02/2186.5 is secured to the distalmost staple. During use, the elongated body 200 is oositioned within the coronary sinus, the anchors 205 are secured'to the walls of the coronary sinus 30, ar_d then wire 210 is pulled proximally so as to modify the configuration of elongated bodv 200. ?=:;.re specifically, pulling of the wire 210 causes the bo:v 200 to reconfigure to a wider ;:rc (Fig. 9) -;::nd then, i: pulled ;urther, to a substantially straight configuratzon. Such action, in turn, alters .he confiKurGtion o"f the coronary sinus 30 adjacent to the mitral valve 36, whereby to force the posterior annulus anteriorly and thereby improve leaflet coaptation and hence reduce mitral regurgitation.
Looking next at Fig. 10, there is showri another eTnbodiment of the present invention. 2viore narticularly, there is shown an elongated body 300 which is adapted to reducing mitral regurgitation by scarring the mitral valve annulus 33 to cause contraction thereof. - Elongated body 300 includes an element at its distal end which is adapted to inject a scarring medium into the mitral valve annulus. This scarring medium may comprise a chemical, or it may comprise energy selected from a group of energies consisting of thermal, cryogenic, laser and radio frequency.
Looking next at rig. 11, there is showri an elongated body 400 which comprises a self-cinching version of the invention. More pa.rticularly, body 400 comprises a distal end section 405 including a plurality' of proximclly-extending barbs 410, a proximal end section 415 including a plurality of distally-extending barbs 420, and one or .;~ore spring seg7-ments 425 connecting distal end section 405 to proximal end section 415. If desired, intermediate sections 430, with or without associated barbs 435, may be disposed between spring segments 425.
In use, elongated body 400 is positioned in coronary sinus 30 with its one or more spring sections ^05 configured in an extended condition, and then the one or more spring sections 425 are reconfigured into a contracted conditionso that the device's distal end section 405 and prox~mal end section 415 are drawn together. This actidn will cause barbs 410 and 420 to set into the surrounding tissue and draw this tissue closer together. Wit!h elongated body 400 residing in coronary.sinus 30 and drawing separated sections of the curved coronary sinus closer together, the coronary sinus is effectively :traightened'Gnd the posterior leaflet 39 is forced anteriorly, whereby to reduce or completely eliminate mitral regurgitation.
If desired, the cne or more spring sections 425 may be formed out of a=esilient material, e.g., a resilient metal or p1Gs:ic. In this case, the one or more spring sections 425 rnay Le restrained in an i0 extended concition ..'he-n the elongated bodw 400 i5 positioned in the coronary tissue; and the one or more spring sections 425 may thereafter be released so as to draw together distal iBnd section 405 and proximal end section 415. Alternatively, tae one or more spring secti.ons 425 may be formed out of a so-called shape memory al2oy, with a temperature transition being used to effect the desired s=!ortening of the one or more spring sections 425 when the coronary sinus is to be straightened.
Looking next at Fig. 12, there is shown a device 500 which is intended to minimize trauma to the coronary sinus wall by fixating at only two points and then cinching between those two points, using the _ 24 _ coronary sinus as a guide path for the cinching mechanism. To this end, device 500 comprises an anterolateral anchor 505 having.a hook 510 and a posteromedial anchor 515 having a hook 520. Hooks 510 and 520 are shown in Fig. 12 as simple curved shapes with sharp tips, however, other configurations may also be used, e.c., barbs or staples or suture knots. A ratcheting ::echGnis:n is prefer~bly used to effect cinching between a::chcrs 505 and 525. In one preferred embodiment of t:~e nresent invention, the ratcheting mechanism is bi-directional aad is achieved by creating a rough or saw-toothed surface 525 on anchor 505 and a rough or saw-toothed surface, 530 on anchor 515. Fixation crin:ti 535 for`ces the two surfaces 525 and 530 together so as to keep them from slipping relative to one another. In one form of the invention, fixation crimp 535 is an elastolmeric material of sufficient durometer to allow the two anchors to be forced apart when desired but which will normally not move under the loads associated with cardiac function. Alternatively, crimp 535 may be formed of a deformable material that is crimped after the two anchors 505 and 510 have been cinched together.
In use, device 500 is deployed in the coronary sinus 30 with its anchors 505 and 515 in an extended configuration; hooks 510 and 520 are set into the wall of the coronary sinus; and then anchors 505 and 515 are ratched toget::er so as to bring :^.octi:s 510 and 520 (and hence remote porzicns of tissue) together, whereby to straighten z::e ccro::ary sinus and thereby IO reduce mitral regurgiration. Fig. 13 shc :s the device 500 in an initial, uncinched configuration, and Fig. 14 shows the device 500 in a final, cinched configuration, with the resulting plication of mitral annulus 33.
Figs. 15A-15E show one e:r:bodiment of device 500 being deployed and cinched. Devi ce 500 is introduced into the coronary sinus via an outer sheath 540.
Hooks 510 and 520 are made of a resilient material such as Nitinol, stainless steel or plastic, and are stretched flat by the outer sheath 540. A push rod 545 and pull rod 550 form a cinching device 555. In this embodiment, push rod 545 is temporarily connected to device 500 by a threaded hole in crimp 535. Pull rod is temporarily connected to device 500 by a threaded hole in the proximal end of anterolateral anchor 505. h'hen='push rod 545 and pull rod 550 are moved in relationship to each other, the device 500 changes length by a distance 560 shown in Fig. 12.
Fig. 15B shows an-c7or 505 emerging Trom outer sheath 540 and regai::_rg its original curved shape.
This can be effected '--v pushina zhe device 500 distally with push rod 545. rs anchor 505 emerges from outer sheath 540, its hoo}: 510 will engGge in the adjacent tissue.
Fig. 15C shows anchor 515 emerging from sheath 540 and regaining its original curved shape. As anchor 515 emerges from outer sheath 540, its hook 520 will engage in the Gdjacen-L tissue.
Fig. 15D shows pull rod 550 being moved relative to push rod 545 so as to reduce the overall length of device 500. As this occurs, opposing hooks 510 and 520 will draw the tissue together, so as to plicate mitral annulus 33 and thereby reduce mitral regurgitation.
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Fig. 15E shows cinching device 555 removed from annuloplasty device 500 by unscrewing both pull rod 555 and push rod 595.
It is to be understood thGt the present invention is by no mear.s limited to the particular constructions and method steps herein disclosed and/or shown in the drawings, but also coar:prises any modifications or ecruivalents within the sccpe of t'-e clai ,s.
Claims (13)
1. Apparatus for reducing mitral regurgitation, the apparatus comprising:
a bendable elongated body adapted to be inserted into the coronary sinus of a patient in the vicinity of the posterior leaflet of the mitral valve, the elongated body being adjustable between a first configuration adapted to be delivered into the coronary sinus and a second configuration adapted to exert a force onto the posterior annulus, the body comprising:
a distal end section having a plurality of proximally-extending barbs;
a proximal end section having a plurality of distally-extending barbs; and at least one spring segment connecting said distal end section to said proximal end section, said at least one spring segment being adapted to apply a force to said distal end section and said proximal end section so as to urge said distal end section and said proximal end section together;
whereby when said elongated body is inserted into the coronary sinus in the first configuration, said at least one spring segment will cause said elongated body to assume the second configuration so as to exert the force on the posterior annulus and thereby reduce mitral regurgitation.
a bendable elongated body adapted to be inserted into the coronary sinus of a patient in the vicinity of the posterior leaflet of the mitral valve, the elongated body being adjustable between a first configuration adapted to be delivered into the coronary sinus and a second configuration adapted to exert a force onto the posterior annulus, the body comprising:
a distal end section having a plurality of proximally-extending barbs;
a proximal end section having a plurality of distally-extending barbs; and at least one spring segment connecting said distal end section to said proximal end section, said at least one spring segment being adapted to apply a force to said distal end section and said proximal end section so as to urge said distal end section and said proximal end section together;
whereby when said elongated body is inserted into the coronary sinus in the first configuration, said at least one spring segment will cause said elongated body to assume the second configuration so as to exert the force on the posterior annulus and thereby reduce mitral regurgitation.
2. Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the at least one spring segment comprises an elastic material, and further wherein said elastic material is stretched when said elongated body is in the first configuration and said elastic material is relaxed when said elongated body is in the second configuration.
3. Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said at least one spring segment comprises a shape memory alloy, and further wherein a temperature transition is used to transform said elongated body from the first configuration to the second configuration.
4. Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein there are at least two spring segments connecting said distal end section to said proximal end section, and further wherein an intermediate section is disposed between said at least two spring segments.
5. Apparatus according to claim 4 wherein said intermediate section has at least one barb thereon.
6. Apparatus for reducing mitral regurgitation, the apparatus comprising:
a variable elongated body adapted to be inserted in-to the coronary sinus of a patient in the vicinity of the posterior leaflet cf the mitral valve, the variable elongated body being adjustable between a first configuration adapted to be delivered into the coronary sinus and a second configuration adapted to exert a force onto the posterior annulus, the variable elongated body comprising:
a first anchor comprising a first elongated section and a first anchor element disposed at one end thereof;
a second anchor having a second elongated section and a second anchor element disposed at one end thereof;
a crimp having an opening therein and being adapted to selectively close down the size of the opening;
said first anchor, said second anchor and said crimp being arranged so that said first elongated section and said second elongated section extend through said opening, with said first anchor element and said second anchor element being displaced from one another;
whereby said elongated body may be positioned in said first configuration wherein first anchor element and said second anchor element are displaced from one another by a first distance, said elongated body may be deployed in said coronary sinus, and said elongated body may thereafter be moved into said second configuration wherein said first anchor and said second anchor are displaced from one another by a second, shorter distance, whereby to exert the force on the posterior annulus and thereby reduce mitral regurgitation.
a variable elongated body adapted to be inserted in-to the coronary sinus of a patient in the vicinity of the posterior leaflet cf the mitral valve, the variable elongated body being adjustable between a first configuration adapted to be delivered into the coronary sinus and a second configuration adapted to exert a force onto the posterior annulus, the variable elongated body comprising:
a first anchor comprising a first elongated section and a first anchor element disposed at one end thereof;
a second anchor having a second elongated section and a second anchor element disposed at one end thereof;
a crimp having an opening therein and being adapted to selectively close down the size of the opening;
said first anchor, said second anchor and said crimp being arranged so that said first elongated section and said second elongated section extend through said opening, with said first anchor element and said second anchor element being displaced from one another;
whereby said elongated body may be positioned in said first configuration wherein first anchor element and said second anchor element are displaced from one another by a first distance, said elongated body may be deployed in said coronary sinus, and said elongated body may thereafter be moved into said second configuration wherein said first anchor and said second anchor are displaced from one another by a second, shorter distance, whereby to exert the force on the posterior annulus and thereby reduce mitral regurgitation.
7. Apparatus according to claim 6 wherein said first anchor element comprises a first hook at one end of said first elongated section.
8. Apparatus according to claim 6 wherein said second anchor element comprises a second hook at one end of said first elongated section.
9. Apparatus according to claim 6 wherein said crimp is made of elastic material.
10. Apparatus according to claim 9 wherein at least one of said anchors comprises a saw-toothed surface for engaging the other of said anchors.
11. Apparatus according to claim 6 wherein said crimp is made of a material which will take a set.
12. A method for reducing mitral regurgitation, the method comprising the steps of:
providing a prosthesis comprising:
a bendable elongated body adapted to be inserted into the coronary sinus of a patient in the vicinity of the posterior leaflet of the mitral valve, the elongated body being adjustable between a first configuration adapted to be delivered into the coronary sinus and a second configuration adapted to exert a force onto the posterior annulus, the body comprising:
a distal end section having a plurality of proximally-extending barbs;
a proximal end section having a plurality of distally-extending barbs; and at least one spring segment connecting said distal end section to said proximal end section, said at least one spring segment being adapted to apply a force to said distal end section and said proximal end section so as to urge said distal end section and said proximal end section together;
whereby when said elongated body is inserted into the coronary sinus in the first configuration, said at least one spring segment will cause said elongated body to assume the second configuration so as to exert the force on the posterior annulus and thereby reduce mitral regurgitation;
positioning the prosthesis in the coronary sinus while in the first configuration; and reconfiguring the prosthesis into the second configuration.
providing a prosthesis comprising:
a bendable elongated body adapted to be inserted into the coronary sinus of a patient in the vicinity of the posterior leaflet of the mitral valve, the elongated body being adjustable between a first configuration adapted to be delivered into the coronary sinus and a second configuration adapted to exert a force onto the posterior annulus, the body comprising:
a distal end section having a plurality of proximally-extending barbs;
a proximal end section having a plurality of distally-extending barbs; and at least one spring segment connecting said distal end section to said proximal end section, said at least one spring segment being adapted to apply a force to said distal end section and said proximal end section so as to urge said distal end section and said proximal end section together;
whereby when said elongated body is inserted into the coronary sinus in the first configuration, said at least one spring segment will cause said elongated body to assume the second configuration so as to exert the force on the posterior annulus and thereby reduce mitral regurgitation;
positioning the prosthesis in the coronary sinus while in the first configuration; and reconfiguring the prosthesis into the second configuration.
13. A method for reducing mitral regurgitation, the method comprising the steps of:
providing a prosthesis comprising:
a variable elongated body adapted to be inserted into the coronary sinus of a patient in the vicinity of the posterior leaflet of the mitral valve, the variable elongated body being adjustable between a first configuration adapted to be delivered into the coronary sinus and a second configuration adapted to exert a force onto the posterior annulus, the variable elongated body comprising:
a first anchor comprising a first elongated section and a first anchor element disposed at one end thereof;
a second anchor having a second elongated section and a second anchor element disposed at one end thereof;
a crimp having an opening therein and being adapted to selectively close down the size of the opening;
said first anchor, said second anchor and said crimp being arranged so that said first elongated section and said second elongated section extend through said opening, with said first anchor element and said second anchor element being displaced from one another;
whereby said elongated body may be positioned in said first configuration wherein first anchor element and said second anchor element are displaced from one another by a first distance, said elongated body may be deployed in said coronary sinus, and said elongated body may thereafter be moved into said second configuration wherein said first anchor and said second anchor are displaced from one another by a second, shorter distance, whereby to exert the force on the posterior annulus and thereby reduce mitral regurgitation;
positioning the prosthesis in the coronary sinus while in the first configuration; and reconfiguring the prosthesis into the second configuration.
providing a prosthesis comprising:
a variable elongated body adapted to be inserted into the coronary sinus of a patient in the vicinity of the posterior leaflet of the mitral valve, the variable elongated body being adjustable between a first configuration adapted to be delivered into the coronary sinus and a second configuration adapted to exert a force onto the posterior annulus, the variable elongated body comprising:
a first anchor comprising a first elongated section and a first anchor element disposed at one end thereof;
a second anchor having a second elongated section and a second anchor element disposed at one end thereof;
a crimp having an opening therein and being adapted to selectively close down the size of the opening;
said first anchor, said second anchor and said crimp being arranged so that said first elongated section and said second elongated section extend through said opening, with said first anchor element and said second anchor element being displaced from one another;
whereby said elongated body may be positioned in said first configuration wherein first anchor element and said second anchor element are displaced from one another by a first distance, said elongated body may be deployed in said coronary sinus, and said elongated body may thereafter be moved into said second configuration wherein said first anchor and said second anchor are displaced from one another by a second, shorter distance, whereby to exert the force on the posterior annulus and thereby reduce mitral regurgitation;
positioning the prosthesis in the coronary sinus while in the first configuration; and reconfiguring the prosthesis into the second configuration.
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