Embodiments are described herein that relate to devices and methods for use in the delivery and deployment of prosthetic valves.
Prosthetic heart valves can pose particular challenges for delivery and deployment within a heart. Valvular heart disease, and specifically, aortic and mitral valve disease, is a significant health issue in the United States (US); annually approximately 90,000 valve replacements are conducted in the US. Traditional valve replacement surgery involving the orthotopic replacement of a heart valve is considered an “open heart” surgical procedure. Briefly, the procedure necessitates surgical opening of the thorax, the initiation of extra-corporeal circulation with a heart-lung machine, stopping and opening the heart, excision and replacement of the diseased valve, and re-starting of the heart. While valve replacement surgery typically carries a 1-4% mortality risk in otherwise healthy persons, a significantly higher morbidity is associated to the procedure largely due to the necessity for extra-corporeal circulation. Further, open heart surgery is often poorly tolerated in elderly patients. Thus elimination of the extra-corporeal component of the procedure could result in reduction in morbidities and cost of valve replacement therapies could be significantly reduced.
While replacement of the aortic valve in a transcatheter manner is the subject of intense investigation, lesser attention has been focused on the mitral valve. This is in part reflective of the greater level of complexity associated to the native mitral valve apparatus, and thus, a greater level of difficulty with regards to inserting and anchoring the replacement prosthesis. A need exists for delivery devices and methods for transcatheter mitral valve replacements.
Some known delivery methods include delivering a prosthetic mitral valve through an apical puncture site. In some such procedures, the valve is placed in a compressed configuration within a lumen of a delivery catheter of, for example, 34-36 Fr (i.e., an outer diameter of about 11-12 mm). Delivery of a prosthetic valve to the atrium of the heart can also be accomplished, for example, via a transfemoral approach, transatrially directly into the left atrium of the heart, or via a jugular approach. In such cases, it is desirable for the prosthetic valve to have a small outer perimeter or profile to allow insertion through a smaller delivery catheter of, for example, 28 Fr (i.e., an outer diameter of about 9 mm). Such a small outer perimeter or profile may also be desirable for delivery of a prosthetic heart valve via a transapical approach.
Thus, a need exists for prosthetic heart valves that can have a small profile during delivery while still maintaining the size and characteristics needed to perform their desired function within the heart.
A need also exists for devices and methods for delivering and deploying a prosthetic heart valve within a heart, with the valve disposed within a small diameter delivery sheath and then moving the valve to an expanded configuration within the heart.
In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a prosthetic heart valve that includes an inner frame and an outer frame coupleable to the inner frame via sutures. The prosthetic heart valve is movable between a first configuration for delivery and a second configuration when implanted in a heart. The inner frame and the outer frame can be moved between a first position relative to each other in which the outer frame is disposed substantially axially proximal of the inner frame and a second position relative to each other in which the inner frame is nested substantially within the outer frame. The prosthetic heart valve is in the first configuration when the inner frame and the outer frame are in the first position and in the second configuration when the inner frame and the outer frame are in the second position.
Apparatus and methods are described herein for prosthetic heart valves, such as prosthetic mitral valves, that can be configured to be moved to an axially extended configuration for sequential delivery of two portions of the prosthetic valve to within a heart of a patient. As described herein, in some embodiments, a prosthetic valve includes an outer frame and an inner frame. The prosthetic valve can be disposed within a delivery sheath in a compressed or collapsed configuration and such that the outer frame is axially separated from the inner frame. The prosthetic mitral valve can be formed with, for example, a shape-memory material. During deployment within a heart, the outer frame and the inner frame can be brought together into a substantially nested configuration and coupled to maintain the nested configuration. In some embodiments, slip knots can be used to secure the inner frame to the outer frame.
The delivery sheath can be used to deliver the prosthetic valve to within a patient's heart using a variety of different delivery approaches for delivering a prosthetic heart valve (e.g., a prosthetic mitral valve) where the prosthetic valve would enter the heart through the atrium of the heart. For example, the prosthetic valves described herein can be delivered transapically if desired, such as described in International Application No. PCT/US16/27770 (the '770 PCT application). In another example, the prosthetic valves described herein can be delivered using a transfemoral delivery approach as described in International Application No. PCT/US16/12305 (the '305 PCT application) incorporated by reference above or via a transatrial approach, such as described in U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 62/220,704, entitled “Apparatus and Methods for Transatrial Delivery of Prosthetic Mitral Valve,” filed Sep. 18, 2015 (“the '704 provisional application”), which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. In another example, a valve as described herein can be delivered via a transjugular approach, via the right atrium and through the atrial septum and into the left atrium as described in U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 62/305,678, entitled “Apparatus and Methods for Delivery of Prosthetic Mitral Valve,” filed Mar. 9, 2016 (“the '678 provisional application”), which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. After the delivery sheath has been disposed within the left atrium of the heart, the prosthetic mitral valve can be moved distally out of the delivery sheath such that the inner frame is first delivered from the delivery sheath and the outer frame is delivered subsequently. The inner frame can then be positioned relative to the outer frame such that the inner frame is nested within the outer frame. The prosthetic mitral valve can then be positioned within a mitral annulus of the heart.
In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a prosthetic heart valve that includes an inner frame and an outer frame coupled to the inner frame via sutures. The prosthetic valve is movable between a first configuration and a second configuration when implanted in a heart. The inner frame and the outer frame can be moved between a first position relative to each other in which the outer frame is disposed substantially axially proximal of the inner frame and a second position relative to each other in which the inner frame is substantially nested within the outer frame. In some embodiments, the outer frame can be disposed at a non-zero distance from the inner frame when in the first configuration. Sutures including slip knots coupled thereto can be used to secure the inner frame to the outer frame in the nested configuration. The prosthetic valve is in the first configuration when the inner frame and the outer frame are in the first position and in the second configuration when the inner frame and the outer frame are in the second position.
In some embodiments, a delivery system includes an outer delivery sheath that defines a lumen and a delivery device movably disposable within the lumen of the delivery sheath. The delivery device includes an inner sheath movably disposable within the lumen of the delivery sheath and defining a lumen, and at least one suture tube coupled to a tube positioning member that is movably disposed within the lumen of the inner sheath. Each of the suture tubes can receive therein a suture coupled to a prosthetic heart valve where the suture includes a sliding or slip knot. The suture tubes can be used to push the sliding knots to secure an inner frame of the prosthetic heart valve to an outer frame of the prosthetic heart valve, as described in more detail below. The delivery system can be used to deliver and deploy the prosthetic heart valve into a heart. The prosthetic heart valve can be placed in the lumen of the outer frame such that the inner frame and outer frame are collapsed or compressed. The outer frame and the inner frame are movable relative to each other between a first configuration in which the outer frame is disposed substantially axially proximal of the inner frame and a second configuration in which the inner frame is substantially nested within the outer frame. The prosthetic heart valve is disposed within the lumen of the delivery sheath with the outer frame and the inner frame in the first configuration.
In some embodiments, a method to deliver and deploy the heart valve using the delivery system described above includes inserting a distal end portion of the delivery sheath into a left atrium of a heart. The prosthetic mitral valve can be moved distally out of the delivery sheath causing the prosthetic mitral valve to at least partially assume a biased expanded configuration. The inner frame and/or the outer frame can then be moved relative to the other to transition the inner frame and the outer frame into the second configuration. For example, in some embodiments, the inner frame and the outer frame are loosely coupled together in the first configuration with sutures that include sliding knots or slip knots. To move the inner frame and outer frame to the second configuration, the sliding knots can be moved distally out of the delivery sheath along the sutures using the suture tubes while also pulling the sutures proximally relative to the sliding knots such that the inner frame is pulled proximally into the second position. The sliding knots can be used to secure the inner frame to the outer frame in the second configuration. The prosthetic mitral valve can then be positioned within a mitral annulus of the heart in a desired orientation.
The outer frame 120 is configured to have a biased expanded or undeformed shape and can be manipulated and/or deformed (e.g., compressed or constrained) and, when released, return to its original (expanded or undeformed) shape. For example, the outer frame 120 can be formed of materials, such as metals or plastics, having shape memory properties. With regards to metals, Nitinol® has been found to be especially useful since it can be processed to be austenitic, martensitic or super elastic. Other shape memory alloys, such as Cu—Zn—Al—Ni alloys, and Cu—Al—Ni alloys, may also be used. The inner frame 150 can be formed from a laser-cut tube of Nitinol®. The inner frame 150 can also have a biased expanded or undeformed shape and can be manipulated and/or deformed (e.g., compressed and/or constrained) and, when released, return to its original (expanded or undeformed) shape. Further details regarding the inner frame 150 and the outer frame 120 are described below with respect to valve 200 and
The valve 100 can be delivered and deployed within a heart (e.g., left atrium) using a variety of different delivery approaches including, for example, a transfemoral delivery approach, as described in the '305 PCT application, a transatrial approach, as described in the '704 provisional application, a transapical approach, as described in the '770 PCT application, or a transjugular approach, as described in the '678 provisional application. As described above, in some situations, it may be desirable to use a smaller delivery sheath and, when delivering a prosthetic valve to the heart, the size of the prosthetic valve during delivery should be sized accordingly. Thus, it is desirable to have a prosthetic valve that can be reconfigured between a biased expanded configuration for implantation in the heart (e.g., within a native mitral annulus) and a delivery configuration that has a smaller outer perimeter or profile to allow for delivery within the lumen of the delivery sheath. The prosthetic valve 100 and the embodiments of a prosthetic valve described herein can be constructed and formed to achieve these desired functions and characteristics.
More specifically, the valve 100 can have a biased expanded configuration (as shown in
As shown in
With the valve 100 in the axially extended configuration, the valve 100 can be placed within a lumen of the delivery sheath 126 (as shown in
Thus, by disposing the outer frame 120 and the inner frame 150 in the axially extended configuration, the valve 100 can be collapsed into a smaller overall diameter, i.e. placed in a smaller diameter delivery sheath 126, than would be possible if the outer frame 120 and the inner frame 150 of the valve 100 were merely nested and collapsed radially (as shown in
As noted above,
As shown in
As shown in
A tube positioning member 184 can be coupled to each of the suture tubes 182. In some embodiments, the tube positioning member 184 can be, for example, a sheath within which the suture tubes 182 are securely attached. In other embodiments, the tube positioning member 184 can be a frame securely coupled to each of the suture tubes 182. In other embodiments, the tube positioning member 184 can be a sheath within which a frame is secured such that the suture tubes 182 can be attached to the frame. Additionally, the tube positioning member 184 can define a central lumen (not shown) such that a tether (not shown) coupled to the valve 100 can be threaded through and movably disposed therethrough. The suture tubes 182 can be fixed to the tube positioning member 184 such that axial movement of the tube positioning member 184 relative to the inner sheath 180 causes simultaneous movement of the suture tubes 182. In alternative embodiments, the suture tubes 182 can each be controlled independently. Although the delivery device 181 is shown as including an inner sheath 180, in some embodiments, the delivery device 181 does not include an inner sheath 180.
With the outer frame 120 in the partially deployed position, the sutures 102 can be pulled proximally through the suture tubes 182 while the outer frame 120 is held stationary at the distal end of the delivery sheath 126 such that the inner frame 150 is moved proximally into a partially nested position within the outer frame 120. After the inner frame 150 is partially nested within the outer frame 120 and when the outer frame 120 is in the partially deployed position, the slip knots 104 can be pushed distally along at least a portion of the sutures 104 by the suture tubes 182. The outer frame 120 can then be pushed distally into the fully expanded, fully deployed configuration. For example, in some embodiments, the inner sheath 180 can continue to push the outer frame 120 distally until the outer frame 120 is pushed distally of the distal end of the delivery sheath 126. While the outer frame 120 is being pushed distally from the delivery sheath 126 and/or after the outer frame 120 has been moved to the expanded configuration, the sutures 102 can be pulled further proximally such that the inner frame 150 is moved to a fully nested position within the outer frame 120. The slip knots 104 can be moved to the position shown in
The valve 100 described above can be constructed the same as or similar to the valve 200 described with respect to
The prosthetic heart valve 200 can be delivered and deployed within a left atrium of a heart using a variety of different delivery approaches including, for example, a transfemoral delivery approach, a transatrial delivery approach, a transapical delivery approach, a transjugular delivery approach, etc.
As shown, outer frame assembly 210 includes an outer frame 220, covered on all or a portion of its outer face with an outer covering 230, and covered on all or a portion of its inner face by an inner covering 232. Outer frame 220 can provide several functions for prosthetic heart valve 200, including serving as the primary structure, as an anchoring mechanism and/or an attachment point for a separate anchoring mechanism to anchor the valve to the native heart valve apparatus, as a support to carry inner valve assembly 240, and/or as a seal to inhibit paravalvular leakage between prosthetic heart valve 200 and the native heart valve apparatus.
Outer frame 220 has a biased expanded configuration and can be manipulated and/or deformed (e.g., compressed and/or constrained) and, when released, return to its original unconstrained shape. To achieve this, outer frame 220 can be formed of materials, such as metals or plastics, that have shape memory properties. With regards to metals, Nitinol® has been found to be especially useful since it can be processed to be austenitic, martensitic or super elastic. Other shape memory alloys, such as Cu—Zn—Al—Ni alloys, and Cu—Al—Ni alloys, may also be used.
As best shown in
Inner valve assembly 240 includes an inner frame 250 (see, e.g.,
Although inner valve assembly 240 is shown as having three leaflets, in other embodiments, an inner valve assembly can include any suitable number of leaflets. The leaflets 270 are movable between an open configuration and a closed configuration in which the leaflets 270 coapt, or meet in a sealing abutment.
Outer covering 230 of the outer frame assembly 210 and inner covering 232 of outer frame assembly 210, outer covering (not shown) of the inner valve assembly 240 and leaflets 270 of the inner valve assembly 240 may be formed of any suitable material, or combination of materials, such as those discussed above. In this embodiment, the inner covering 232 of the outer frame assembly 210, the outer covering of the inner valve assembly 240, and the leaflets 270 of the inner valve assembly 240 are formed, at least in part, of porcine pericardium. Moreover, in this embodiment, the outer covering 230 of the outer frame assembly 210 is formed, at least in part, of polyester.
Inner frame 250 is shown in more detail in
In this embodiment, inner frame 250 is formed from a laser-cut tube of Nitinol®. Inner frame 250 is illustrated in
Tether connecting portion 244 (also referred to as first end portion of inner frame) includes longitudinal extensions of the struts, connected circumferentially by pairs of opposed, slightly V-shaped connecting members (or “micro-Vs”). Tether connecting portion 244 is configured to be radially collapsed by application of a compressive force, which causes the micro-Vs to become more deeply V-shaped, with the vertices moving closer together longitudinally and the open ends of the V shapes moving closer together circumferentially. Thus, tether connecting portion 244 can be configured to compressively clamp or grip one end of a tether, either connecting directly onto a tether line (e.g. braided filament line) or onto an intermediate structure, such as a polymer or metal piece that is in turn firmly fixed to the tether line.
In contrast to tether connecting portion 244, atrial portion 247 (also referred to as “inner frame free end portion”) and body portion 242 are configured to be expanded radially. Strut portion 243 forms a longitudinal connection and radial transition between the expanded body portion and the compressed tether connecting portion 244. Body portion 242 provides an inner frame coupling portion 245 that includes six longitudinal posts, such as post 242A. The inner frame coupling portion 245 can be used to attach leaflets 270 to inner frame 250, and/or can be used to attach inner assembly 240 to outer assembly 210, such as by connecting inner frame 250 to outer frame 220. In the illustrated embodiment, the posts include openings through which connecting members (such as suture filaments and/or wires) can be passed to couple the posts to other structures.
Inner frame 250 is shown in a fully deformed configuration (i.e., the final, deployed configuration) in side view and bottom view in
Outer frame 220 of valve 200 is shown in more detail in
Outer frame 220 is shown in a fully deformed configuration (i.e. the final, deployed configuration) in side view and top view in
Outer frame 220 and inner frame 250 are shown coupled together in
In this embodiment, the outer frame 220 and the inner frame 250 are connected at six coupling points (representative points are identified as “C”). The coupling points are implemented with a mechanical fastener, such as a short length of wire, passed through an aperture (such as aperture 271A) in outer frame coupling portion 271 and corresponding openings in inner frame coupling portion 245 (e.g., longitudinal posts, such as post 242A) in body portion 242 of inner frame 250. Inner frame 250 is thus disposed within the outer frame 220 and securely coupled to it. As described above, the outer frame 220 and inner frame 250 can alternatively be coupled with sutures and delivered in a sequential manner and secured with, for example, slip knots as described herein.
A tube positioning member 384 can be coupled to each of the suture tubes 382. As shown in
The outer frame 420 is configured to have a biased expanded or undeformed shape and can be manipulated and/or deformed (e.g., compressed or constrained) and, when released, return to its original (expanded or undeformed) shape. For example, the outer frame 420 can be formed of materials, such as metals or plastics, having shape memory properties. With regards to metals, Nitinol® has been found to be especially useful since it can be processed to be austenitic, martensitic or super elastic. Other shape memory alloys, such as Cu—Zn—Al—Ni alloys, and Cu—Al—Ni alloys, may also be used. The inner frame 450 can be formed from a laser-cut tube of Nitinol®. The inner frame 450 can also have a biased expanded or undeformed shape and can be manipulated and/or deformed (e.g., compressed and/or constrained) and, when released, return to its original (expanded or undeformed) shape. Further details regarding the inner frame 450 and the outer frame 420 are described above with respect to valve 200 and
More specifically, the valve 400 can have a biased expanded configuration as shown in
Similarly as described above with respect to valve 100 and shown in
With the valve 400 in the axially extended configuration, the valve 400 can be placed within the lumen 427 of the delivery sheath 426 (similar to valve 100 as shown in
Thus, by disposing the outer frame 420 and the inner frame 450 in the axially extended configuration, the valve 400 can be collapsed into a smaller overall diameter, i.e. placed in a smaller diameter delivery sheath 426, than would be possible if the outer frame 420 and the inner frame 450 of the valve 400 were merely nested and collapsed radially. As described above, when the inner frame 450 is nested within an interior of the outer frame 420, the outer frame 420 must be collapsed around the inner frame 450. In some embodiments, the inner frame 450 and the outer frame 420 are disposed concentrically when nested together. In the axially extended configuration, the inner frame 450 and the outer frame 420 are arranged axially with respect to each other (i.e., the inner frame is not nested or is only partially nested within the outer frame 420), such that the outer frame 420 can be collapsed without needing to accommodate all of the structure of the inner frame 450 inside the outer frame 420. In other words, with the inner frame 450 disposed mostly inside or nested within the outer frame 420, the layers or bulk of the frame structures cannot be compressed to as small a diameter. In addition, if the frames are nested, the structure is less flexible, and therefore, more force is needed to bend the valve, e.g., to pass through tortuous vasculature or to make tight turns in, for example, the left atrium after passing through the atrial septum to be properly oriented for insertion into the mitral valve annulus.
The outer frame 420 and the inner frame 450 can be coupled via the sutures 402.
Although two sutures 402 are shown, any suitable number of sutures 402 can be used to couple the outer frame 420 to the inner frame 450. The sutures 402 can be securely attached to the inner frame 450 via any suitable method. Additionally, the outer frame 420 can include apertures 422 within which the sutures 402 can be movably disposed. In some embodiments, each aperture 422 can be aligned with an attachment location of a suture 402 to the inner frame 450. Each of the sutures 402 includes and/or is coupled to a slip knot 404 which is movable along each suture 402. The sutures 402 and slip knots 404 can be used to move the valve 400 to the nested configuration as described in more detail below. In some embodiments, the sutures 402 can be pulled proximally such that the inner frame 450 is pulled proximally into the nested configuration. The slip knots 404 can then be translated along the sutures 402 toward the valve 400 such that the outer frame 420 is secured to the inner frame 450. For example, in some embodiments, the apertures 422 in the outer frame 420 can be smaller in diameter than the diameter of the slip knots 404, such that the outer frame 420 cannot move proximally beyond the location of the slip knots 404. Additionally, in some embodiments, the distal end of the delivery sheath 426 can act as a stop (i.e., limit proximal movement of the valve 400). Said another way, as the sutures 402 are pulled proximally, the valve 400 cannot be pulled proximally beyond the distal end of the delivery sheath 426 (i.e., into the delivery sheath 426).
The delivery device 481 includes an inner sheath 480 axially movable within the lumen 427 of the delivery sheath 426. Suture tubes 482 can be disposed within the inner sheath 480 and can be axially movable relative to the inner sheath 480. Each suture tube 482 can define a suture lumen (not shown) within which a suture 402 can be movably disposed. Each suture tube 482 can be translated along a suture 402 and engage with a corresponding slip knot 404 such that the slip knot 404 is axially movable by the suture tube 482 relative to the suture 402. In some embodiments, each slip knot 404 is movable by each suture tube 482 because the inner diameter of each suture tube 482 (i.e., the diameter of each suture lumen) at the distal end of each suture tube 482 is less than the diameter of each corresponding slip knot 404. In other embodiments, each suture tube 482 can include an engagement feature (not shown) capable of engaging with each slip knot 404 for distal and/or proximal translation of each slip knot 404 along each corresponding suture 402. Although two suture tubes 482 are shown in
A tube positioning member (not shown) can be coupled to each of the suture tubes 482. As described above for previous embodiments, the tube positioning member can be, for example, a sheath within which the suture tubes 482 are securely attached. In other embodiments, the tube positioning member can be a frame securely coupled to each of the suture tubes 482. In other embodiments, the tube positioning member can be a sheath within which a frame is secured such that the suture tubes 482 can be attached to the frame. Additionally, the tube positioning member can define a central lumen (not shown) such that a tether 492 (
As shown in
The sutures 402 can then be pulled proximally through the suture tubes 482 while the slip knots 404 are held stationary by the distal end of the suture tubes 482 such that the inner frame 450 is moved proximally into a nested position within the outer frame 420. The suture tubes 482 can be distally translated along the sutures 402 such that each slip knot 404 is moved distally along the sutures 402 by the distal end of a suture tube 482 until the slip knots 404 are pushed into contact with the outer frame 420 and the inner frame 450 and the outer frame 420 are secured relative to each other. In some embodiments, the distal movement of the slip knots 404 via distal movement of the suture tubes 482 can occur simultaneously while the sutures 402 are pulled proximally. As shown in
In some embodiments, the tether 492 can be pulled proximally to pull the inner frame 450 into the nested position within the outer frame 420. The tether 492 can be used to pull the inner frame 450 either in the alternative or in addition to the sutures 402. In embodiments where the tether 492 is used to position the inner frame 450 relative to the outer frame 420 in addition to the sutures 402, the tether 492 and the sutures 402 can be pulled simultaneously, or sequentially, to position the inner frame 450 relative to the outer frame 420.
In some alternative embodiments, the outer frame 420 can be only partially delivered before the inner frame 450 is pulled proximally into a partial or fully nested position as described above with respect to
With the outer frame 420 in the partially deployed position, the sutures 402 can be pulled proximally through the suture tubes 482 while the outer frame 420 is held stationary at the distal end of the delivery sheath 426 such that the inner frame 450 is moved proximally into a partially nested position within the outer frame 420. After the inner frame 450 is partially nested within the outer frame 420 and when the outer frame 420 is in the partially deployed position, the slip knots 404 can be pushed distally along at least a portion of the sutures 402 by the suture tubes 482. The outer frame 420 can then be pushed distally into the fully expanded, fully deployed configuration. For example, in some embodiments, the inner sheath 480 can continue to push the outer frame 420 distally until the outer frame 420 is pushed distally of the distal end of the delivery sheath 426. While the outer frame 420 is being pushed distally from the delivery sheath 426 and/or after the outer frame 420 has been moved to the expanded configuration, the sutures 402 can be pulled further proximally such that the inner frame 450 is moved to a fully nested position within the outer frame 420. The slip knots 404 can be moved to the position shown in
In some embodiments, the suture tails from the sutures used to couple the outer frame assembly to the inner valve assembly can be snared with a snare device. The snare device can be used to capture or snare the suture tails extending from the slip knots and pull the suture tails into, for example, a delivery tube or sheath. The suture tails could be snared individually in separate tubes, in groups, or all in a single tube. The snaring could be accomplished at the same time that the leader/tether tube is snared and routed through the device as described, for example, in the '305 PCT application incorporated by reference above.
While various embodiments have been described above, it should be understood that they have been presented by way of example only, and not limitation. Where methods described above indicate certain events occurring in certain order, the ordering of certain events may be modified. Additionally, certain of the events may be performed concurrently in a parallel process when possible, as well as performed sequentially as described above.
Where schematics and/or embodiments described above indicate certain components arranged in certain orientations or positions, the arrangement of components may be modified. While the embodiments have been particularly shown and described, it will be understood that various changes in form and details may be made. Any portion of the apparatus and/or methods described herein may be combined in any combination, except mutually exclusive combinations. The embodiments described herein can include various combinations and/or sub-combinations of the functions, components, and/or features of the different embodiments described.
For example, although not specifically described with reference to specific embodiments, the prosthetic heart valves described herein can be secured to a heart using an epicardial pad device as described, for example, in International Application No. PCT/US2016/012305, entitled “Prosthetic Mitral Valves and Apparatus and Methods for Delivery of Same,” incorporated by reference above. Additionally, although embodiments described herein include slip knots for securing an inner frame to an outer frame (e.g., slip knots 404 for securing the inner frame 450 to the outer frame 420 shown in
Further, although not shown, any of the embodiments of a delivery device or system can include a handle or handle assembly to which the various delivery sheaths and components can be operatively coupled and which a user (e.g., physician) can grasp and use to manipulate the delivery device or system.
In addition, the systems and methods described herein can also be adapted for use with a prosthetic tricuspid valve. For example, in such a case, a procedural catheter can be inserted into the right ventricle of the heart, and the delivery sheath delivered to the right atrium of the heart either directly (transatrial), or via the jugular or femoral vein.
This application is a national phase entry under 35 U.S.C. § 371 of International Application No. PCT/US2017/036949 filed Jun. 12, 2017, published in English, which claims priority to and the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/349,418, entitled “Sequential Delivery of Two-Part Prosthetic Mitral Valve,” filed Jun. 13, 2016, the disclosures of which are all incorporated herein by reference in their entireties. This application is also related to International Application No. PCT/US2016/012305, entitled “Prosthetic Mitral Valves and Apparatus and Methods for Delivery of Same,” filed Jan. 6, 2016, which claims priority to and the benefit of International Application No. PCT/US2015/014572, entitled “Apparatus and Methods for Transfemoral Delivery of Prosthetic Mitral Valve,” filed Feb. 5, 2015, which claims priority to and the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/935,899, entitled “Transfemoral Delivery of Prosthetic Mitral Valve,” filed Feb. 5, 2014, and U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/100,548, entitled “Apparatus and Methods for Transfemoral Delivery of Prosthetic Mitral Valve,” filed Jan. 7, 2015, each of the disclosures of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. International Application No. PCT/US2016/012305 also claims priority to and the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/100,548, entitled “Apparatus and Methods for Transfemoral Delivery of Prosthetic Mitral Valve,” filed Jan. 7, 2015, U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 62/187,896, entitled “Apparatus and Methods for Delivery of a Prosthetic Mitral Valve,” filed Jul. 2, 2015, and U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 62/137,384, entitled “Apparatus and Method for Delivery of a Prosthetic Mitral Valve,” filed Mar. 24, 2015. The disclosure of each of the foregoing applications is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
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