WO2000018467A1 - Removable embolus blood clot filter - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
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- Known self expanding medical devices have been formed of Nitinol, an alloy of titanium and nickel which provides the device with a thermal memory.
- the unique characteristic of this alloy is its thermally triggered shape memory, which allows a device constructed of the alloy to be cooled below a temperature transformation level to a martensitic state and thereby softened for loading into a catheter in a relatively compressed and elongated state, and to regain the memorized shape in an austenitic state when warmed to a selected temperature, above the temperature transformation level, such as human body temperature.
- the two interchangeable shapes are possible because of the two distinct microcrystalline structures that are interchangeable with a small variation in temperature.
- the temperature at which the device assumes its first configuration may be varied within wide limits by changing the composition of the alloy. Thus, while for human use the alloy may be focused on a transition temperature range close to 98.6 °F, the alloy readily may be modified for use in animals with different body temperatures.
- U.S. Patent No. 4,425,908 to Simon discloses a very effective blood clot filter formed of thermal shape memory material.
- This filter like most previously developed vena cava filters, is a permanent filter which, when once implanted, is designed to remain in place.
- Such filters include structure to anchor the filter in place within the vena cava, such as elongate diverging legs with hooked ends that penetrate the vessel wall and positively prevent migration in either direction longitudinally of the vessel.
- the hooks on filters of this type are rigid and will not bend, and within two to six weeks after a filter of this type has been implanted, the endothelium layer grows over the diverging legs and positively locks the hooks in place. Now any attempt to remove the filter results in a risk of injury to or rupture of the vena cava.
- a number of medical procedures subject the patient to a short term risk of pulmonary embolism which can be alleviated by a filter implant.
- patients are often adverse to receiving a permanent implant, for the risk of pulmonary embolism may disappear after a period of several weeks or months.
- most existing filters are not easily or safely removable after they have remained in place for more than two weeks, and consequently longer term temporary filters which do not result in the likelihood of injury to the vessel wall upon removal are not available.
- two filter baskets have been formed along a central shaft which are conical in configuration, with each basket being formed by spaced struts radiating outwardly from a central hub for the basket.
- the central hubs are held apart by a compression unit, and the arms of the two baskets overlap so that the baskets face one another.
- Devices of this type require the use of two removal devices inserted at each end of the filter to draw the baskets apart and fracture the compression unit.
- the end sections of the arms are formed to lie in substantially parallel relationship to the vessel wall and the tips are inclined inwardly to preclude vessel wall penetration. If a device of this type is withdrawn before the endothelium layer grows over the arms, vessel wall damage is minimized. However, after growth of the endothelium layer the combined inward and longitudinal movement of the filter sections as they are drawn apart can tear this layer.
- U.S. Patent No. 5,370,657 to Irie is illustrative of a prior art removable filter of this type which requires two removal devices.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a blood clot filter of Nitinol which operates in a temperature induced austenitic state to exert a force on the wall of a vessel by means of oppositely disposed legs to maintain the filter in place, but which may easily be removed after the endothelium layer has covered the ends of the filter legs without damage to the vessel wall.
- a further object of the present invention is to provide a novel and improved filter having a group of arms and a group of legs which incline in the same direction from a central axis.
- the ends of the arms in the group of arms are oriented to engage a vessel wall to orient and center the filter in the vessel, and the ends of the legs of the group of legs are oriented to engage the vessel wall to prevent longitudinal movement of the filter along the vessel.
- the ends of the legs are provided with hooks configured to be more elastic than the legs to permit withdrawal from the endothelium layer without risk of injury to the vessel wall.
- a resilient, longitudinally extended blood clot filter is inwardly radially collapsible toward its longitudinal axis into a collapsed configuration for insertion into a vein, but is adapted for automatic radial expansion into contact with the inner wall of the vein at two longitudinally spaced peripheral locations therein.
- the filter has leading and trailing ends and comprises a plurality of wires.
- the wires, in the normal expanded configuration of the filter, are in the form of a plurality of elongated arms and legs with openings between the wires providing filter baskets opening at the leading end of the filter.
- the wires have peripheral portions for contact with the inner wall of the vein at two longitudinally spaced peripheral locations.
- the blood clot filter is preferably formed from a plurality of wire portions composed of a thermal shape memory material having a first, low-temperature condition and a second, high-temperature condition.
- the material in its low-temperature condition is relatively pliable (so that the wire portions may be straightened) and in its high-temperature condition is resihently deformable and relatively rigid, and takes a pre- determined functional form.
- the filter comprises coaxial first and second filter baskets, each filter basket being generally symmetrical about the longitudinal axis of the filter with both filter baskets being concave relative to the filter leading end.
- Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of an expanded blood clot filter of the present invention
- Figure 2 is a view in side elevation of a hook for a leg of the filter of
- Figure 3 is a in side elevation of a second embodiment of a hook for a leg of the filter of Figure 1;
- Figure 4 is a side view of a second embodiment of the blood clot filter of the present invention
- Figure 5 is a sectional view of a portion of a leg for the filter of Figure
- Figure 6 is a sectional view of a portion of the leg for the filter of Figure 4 with the hook withdrawn;
- Figure 7 is a view in side elevation of a hook withdrawal unit for a blood clot filter of the Figure 4;
- Figure 8 is a view in side elevation of the hook withdrawal unit of Figure 7 in a withdrawal configuration
- Figure 9 is a cross sectional view of the blood clot filter of the present invention in place in a blood vessel.
- Figure 10 is a view in side elevation of a third embodiment of a filter with a hook withdrawal unit.
- a blood clot filter of a Nitinol alloy material such as Nitinol wire
- transition between the martensitic and austenitic states of the material can be achieved by temperature transitions above and below a transition temperature or transition temperature range which is at or below body temperature.
- Such controlled temperature transitions have conventionally been employed to soften and contract the Nitinol filter body to facilitate insertion into a catheter and to subsequently expand and rigidify the body within a vascular or other passageway.
- the filters of the present invention are preferably formed from a temperature responsive shape memory material, such as Nitinol, they can also be formed of a compressible spring metal such as stainless steel or a suitable plastic.
- an expanded blood clot filter 10 is illustrated which is made from sets of elongate metal wires.
- the wires are held together at one end at a hub 12 where they are plasma welded together and to the hub or otherwise joined.
- the sets of wires can be straightened and held in a straight form that can pass through a length of fine plastic tubing with an internal diameter of approximately 2 mm (#8 French catheter).
- the filter 10 recovers a preformed filtering shape as illustrated by Figure 1.
- wires of spring metal can be straightened and compressed within a catheter or tube and will diverge into the filter shape of Figure 1 when the tube is removed.
- filter 10 is a double filter, having a first forwardly disposed filter basket section 14 at the forward end of the filter and a second forwardly disposed filter basket section 16.
- the two filter basket sections provide peripheral portions which can both engage the inner wall of the vein 17 at two longitudinally spaced locations and, the two filter basket sections are generally symmetrical about a longitudinal axis passing through the hub 12.
- the second forwardly disposed filter basket section 16 which is primarily a centering unit, may not touch the vessel wall on all sides.
- the second filter basket section 16 is formed from short lengths of wire which form arms 18 that extend angularly, outwardly and then downwardly from the hub 12 toward the forward end of the filter 10.
- Each arm 18 has a first arm section 20 which extends angularly outwardly from the hub 12 to a shoulder 22, and an outer arm section 24 extends angularly from the shoulder toward the forward end of the filter.
- the outer arm sections 24 are substantially straight lengths with ends which lie on a circle at their maximum divergence and engage the wall of a vessel at a slight angle (preferably within a range of from ten to forty-five degrees) to center the hub 12 within the vessel.
- a filter which is to be removed by grasping the hub 12 it is important for the hub to be centered.
- there are six wires 18 of equal length extending radially outward from the hub 12 and circumferentially spaced, such as for example by sixty degrees of arc.
- the first filter basket section 14 is the primary filter and normally includes six circumferentially spaced straight wires 26 forming downwardly extending legs which tilt outwardly of the longitudinal axis of the filter 10 from the hub 12.
- the wires 26 may be of equal length, but normally they are not so that hooks 28 at the ends of the wires will fit within a catheter without becoming interconnected.
- the wires 26 are preferably much longer than the wires 18, and have tip sections which are uniquely formed, outwardly oriented hooks 28 which lie on a circle at the maximum divergence of the wires 26.
- the wires 26, in their expanded configuration of Figure 1 are at a slight angle to the vessel wall 17, preferably within a range of from ten to forty-five degrees, while the hooks 28 penetrate the vessel wall to anchor the filter against movement.
- the wires 26 are radially offset relative to the wires 18 and may be positioned halfway between the wires 18 and also may be circumferentially spaced by sixty degrees of arc as shown in Figure 9.
- the combined filter basket sections 14 and 16 can provide a wire positioned at every thirty degrees of arc at the maximum divergence of the filter sections.
- the filter section 14 forms a concave filter basket opening toward the leading end of the filter 10 while the filter section 16 forms a concave filter basket opening toward the leading end of the filter 10 downstream of the filter section 14.
- each hook 28 is provided with a juncture section 30 between the hook and the leg 26 to which the hook is attached. This juncture section is considerably reduced in cross section relative to the cross section of the leg 26 and the remainder of the hook.
- the juncture section is sized such that it is of sufficient stiffness when the legs 26 are expanded to permit the hook 28 to penetrate the vena cava wall.
- withdrawal force to which the hook is subjected will cause flexure in the juncture section 30 so that the hook moves toward a position parallel with the axis of the leg 26 as shown in broken lines in Figure 2.
- the hook With the hook so straightened, it can be withdrawn without tearing the vessel wall.
- the entire hook 28 can be formed with a cross section throughout its length which is less than that of the leg 26. This results in straightening of the hook over its entire length in response to a withdrawal force. This elasticity in the hook structure prevents the hook from tearing the vessel wall during withdrawal.
- the filter could be made from ductile metal alloys such as stainless steel, titanium, or elgiloy, it is preferable to make it from nitinol.
- Nitinol is a low modulus material which allows the arms and legs of the device to be designed to have low contact forces and pressures while still achieving sufficient anchoring strength to resist migration of the device.
- the load required to cause opening of the hooks 28 can be modulated to the forces required to resist migration. This is accomplished by changing the cross sectional area or geometry of the hooks, or by material selection.
- nitinol when in the temperature induced austenitic state, is also subject to stress sensitivity which can cause the material to undergo a phase transformation from the austenitic to the martensitic state while the temperature of the material remains above the transition temperature level.
- stress sensitivity By reducing a portion or all of the cross sectional area of the hooks 28 relative to that of the legs 26, stress is concentrated in the areas of reduced cross section when force is applied to remove the hooks from a vessel wall and the hooks become elastic and straighten.
- the hooks whether formed of nitinol, spring metal or plastic, are designed to bend toward a more straight configuration when a specific load is applied and spring back to their original shape once the load has been removed.
- the load or stress which is required to deform the hook can be correlated to the load applied to each hook of the device when it is fully occluded and the blood pressure in the vessel is allowed to reach 50 mm Hg.
- This load is approximately 70 gms on each leg on a six leg device for 50 mm Hg. pressure differential in a 28 mm vessel. Since the tissue tears at a load of about 80 gms., the load on each leg required to straighten a hook should be less than 80 gms.
- the desired total load for the filter is desireably 420 gms, and more legs 26 with hooks 28 can be added to lower the load on each leg.
- the load on the filter would be correspondingly smaller in vessels of smaller diameter.
- the object is to have the hook perform as an anchoring mechanism at a pre-determined load which is consistent with a maximum pressure of 50mm Hg. Having maintained its geometry at that load, the hook should begin to deform above the load and release at a load substantially less than that which would cause damage to the vessel tissue. It is the ability of the hook to straighten somewhat that allows for safe removal of the device from the vessel wall.
- the filter 10 After the filter 10 has remained in place within a vessel for a period of time in excess of two weeks, the endothelium layer will grow over the hooks 28. However, since these hooks, when subjected to a withdrawal force become substantially straight sections of wire oriented at a small angle to the vessel wall, the filter can be removed leaving only six pin point lesions in the surface of the endothelium.
- a catheter or similar tubular unit is inserted over the hub 12 and into engagement with the arms 18. While the hub 12 is held stationary, the catheter is moved downwardly forcing the arms 18 downwardly, and subsequently the arms 26 are engaged and forced downwardly thereby withdrawing the hooks 28 from the endothelium layer.
- the hub 12 is drawn into the catheter to collapse the entire filter 10 within the catheter.
- cooling fluid can be passed through the catheter to aid in collapsing the filter.
- the legs of the filter 10 are formed as small tubes which open at one end into the hub 12. These legs may be formed of tubular plastic, spring metal, or thermal shape memory material.
- the hooks 28 are each formed at the ends of a long shaft 32, shown in broken lines in Figure 4, which extends through a tubular leg 26 and into the hub 12 where it connects to a ring 34 on the end of a pull rod 36.
- the hook and the shaft therefor may be formed of wire or thermal shape memory material, and the cross sectional area of the hook is such that the hook will straighten and enter the tubular leg 26 as shown in Figure 6 when the shaft 32 is pulled upward in Figure 4 by the pull rod 36.
- the pull rod is grasped and the hooks are pulled into the tubular legs 26. Then a removal tube is moved over the arms 20 and 26 to collapse the filter.
- a number of spring devices or similar structures may be provided adjacent to the hub 12 to draw the hooks 28 into the tubular legs 26 by means of the shafts 32.
- the hub 12 may be spaced from a sleeve 38 by a plurality of metal washers 40.
- the sleeve 38 receives and mounts the ends of the tubular legs 26 and, if arms are provided, the ends of the arms 20.
- the sleeve 38 is fixed in place, and the shafts 32 extend through the open centers of the washers and are connected to the hub 12.
- the washers 40 are formed of thermal shape memory material, and below a temperature transformation level for the material, they lie flat against the sleeve 38 as shown in Figure 7. However, when the washers are subjected to temperatures above their temperature transformation level, they bow upwardly along the longitudinal axis of the filter 10 as shown in Figure 8 driving the hub 12 away from the sleeve 38 so that the hub draws the shafts 32 upwardly to pull the hooks 28 into the tubular legs 26.
- the temperature transformation level for this material will normally be body temperature or a temperature lower but close to body temperature.
- the temperature transformation level for the washers 40 will be higher than that for the arms 20 and legs 26 so that the washers will lie flat when the filter is in use. Heated saline solution or other known means can be applied to heat the washers 40 to temperatures above their temperature transformation level when the filter 10 is to be removed.
- the tubular legs 26 may be angled outwardly from a shoulder 42 adjacent to but spaced from the outer end of each leg.
- this bend in each leg insures that the hooks 28 are, in effect, spring loaded in the tube and that they will not cross as they are deployed from the tube. Since the legs angle outwardly from the shoulders 42, the hooks 28 are rapidly deployed outwardly as the insertion tube is withdrawn toward the rear of the filter 10.
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AT99951426T ATE295131T1 (en) | 1998-09-25 | 1999-09-23 | REMOVABLE BLOOD CLOT FILTER |
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DE69925298T DE69925298T2 (en) | 1998-09-25 | 1999-09-23 | REMOVABLE FILTER FOR BLOOD GRASS |
DK99951426T DK1123125T3 (en) | 1998-09-25 | 1999-09-23 | Removable blood clot filter |
EP99951426A EP1123125B1 (en) | 1998-09-25 | 1999-09-23 | Removable blood clot filter |
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