The disclosure relates to endoprosthesis devices for implantation within a body vessel and delivery systems for delivering such devices.
A stent is a medical device introduced to a body lumen and is well known in the art. Typically, a stent is implanted in a blood vessel at the site of a stenosis or aneurysm endoluminally, i.e., by so-called “minimally invasive techniques” in which the stent in a radially reduced configuration, optionally restrained in a radially compressed configuration by a sheath and/or catheter, is delivered by a stent delivery system or “introducer” to the site where it is required. The introducer may enter the body from an access location outside the body, such as through the patient's skin, or by a “cut down” technique in which the entry blood vessel is exposed by minor surgical means.
Stents, grafts, stent-grafts, vena cava filters, expandable frameworks, and similar implantable medical devices are radially expandable endoprostheses which are typically intravascular implants capable of being implanted transluminally and enlarged radially after being introduced percutaneously. Stents may be implanted in a variety of body lumens or vessels such as within the vascular system, urinary tracts, bile ducts, fallopian tubes, coronary vessels, secondary vessels, etc. They may be self-expanding, expanded by an internal radial force, such as when mounted on a balloon, or a combination of self-expanding and balloon expandable (hybrid expandable).
In general, this disclosure describes medical devices, systems, and techniques that allow portions of a stent to be folded within a balloon of a stent delivery system. In particular, the various medical devices, systems, and techniques described throughout this disclosure allow one or more peaks and/or troughs of a stent to be folded into a balloon fold of a pleated delivery balloon. In this manner, a profile of the stent can be reduced when the stent is crimped onto the balloon.
In one example, the disclosure is directed to a stent delivery system comprising a catheter comprising an expandable balloon, the balloon having a pleated state and an unpleated state, the balloon having at least two pleats in the pleated state, adjacent pleats of a balloon being separated by a fold in the pleated state, and a stent having a reduced state and an expanded state. The stent comprises a plurality of interconnected annular rings arranged about a longitudinal axis, each of the plurality of annular bands comprising a plurality of peaks and a plurality of troughs, wherein in the reduced state and positioned on the balloon, at least one of the plurality of peaks of at least one of the plurality of rings extends into a fold of the balloon in the pleated state, the at least one peak being positioned a first distance from the longitudinal axis, another one of the plurality of peaks being positioned a second distance from the longitudinal axis, the first distance being less than the second distance, and wherein in the expanded state, the plurality of peaks of the stent being positioned at substantially the same distance from the longitudinal axis.
In another example, the disclosure is directed to a stent having a reduced state and an expanded state, the stent comprising a plurality of interconnected annular rings arranged about a longitudinal axis, each of the plurality of annular bands comprising a plurality of peaks and a plurality of troughs, wherein in the reduced state, at least one of the plurality of peaks of at least one of the plurality of rings is positioned a first distance from the longitudinal axis, another one of the plurality of peaks being positioned a second distance from the longitudinal axis, the first distance being less than the second distance, and wherein in the expanded state, the plurality of peaks of the stent being positioned at substantially the same distance from the longitudinal axis.
The details of one or more aspects of the disclosure are set forth in the accompanying drawings and the description below. Other features, objects, and advantages will be apparent from the description and drawings, and from the claims.
This disclosure describes medical devices, systems, and techniques that allow portions of a stent to be folded into a balloon fold of a delivery balloon. As such, using certain techniques of this disclosure, a portion of the stent can be embedded within a fold of the delivery balloon during the folding process. Embedding a portion of the stent within a fold of the balloon provides one or more advantages over designs that do not utilize such techniques. For example, embedding a portion of the stent within a fold of the balloon reduces the profile of the stent in a crimped state. In addition, embedding a portion of the stent within a fold of the balloon helps secure the stent to the balloon.
In accordance with this disclosure, at least one of the peaks and/or troughs of an annular ring of a stent is configured to bend inward into the cylindrical volume defined by the ring and into a balloon fold of a balloon, i.e., the space between adjacent pleats of a pleated balloon. In
Each of the plurality of rings 20 has a respective proximal end 27 and a respective distal end 31. In accordance with certain techniques of this disclosure, when a stent is in a reduced state, and thus when ring 20 is in a reduced state, as shown in
In some example configurations, both a peak and a trough can be bent to extend into a fold of a pleated balloon. For example, in addition to peak 22H of
As shown and described in more detail below, configuring at least one peak and/or trough of a ring of a stent to bend inward into a balloon fold reduces the profile of the stent after crimping by minimizing the number of peaks (or troughs) that can interfere with another peak (or trough) during the crimping process. A stent can only be crimped to the point that its peaks or troughs begin to touch one another, thereby limiting the extent to which the stent's size can be reduced by crimping. In accordance with this disclosure, by bending one or more peaks and/or troughs of one or more annular rings of a stent into a balloon fold prior to crimping, the peaks and/or troughs are essentially eliminated from the circumference of the stent. In this manner, the stent can be crimped to a smaller size than would otherwise be achievable, thereby reducing the profile of the stent.
A peak or trough of a ring, e.g., peak 22H of ring 20, can be configured to bend inward and extend into a balloon fold of a balloon using various techniques in accordance with this disclosure. In one example, peaks or troughs of a ring, e.g., peak 22H of ring 20, are bent inward by folding the peak(s) or trough(s) at particular portions of struts 25. These portions of struts 25, referred to as fold lines, are depicted in
Peaks or troughs of a ring can be folded at fold lines 29 using various techniques in accordance with this disclosure. In one example, the material at one or more portions of one or more struts of a ring can be reduced in order to create portion(s) that are thinner than the remainder of the strut. For example, in
In another example folding technique, rather than configuring the geometry of the stent to allow peaks and/or troughs to be folded in the manner described throughout this disclosure, crimping techniques are employed instead. In accordance with this disclosure, crimping techniques are used that bend one or more peaks and/or troughs inward into the cylindrical volume defined by the ring and into a balloon fold of a balloon. In one example crimping process, a mold is employed, e.g., a clamshell mold, that includes pins that push certain portions of a stent below other portions as the mold is closed in order to bent certain peaks into folds of the balloon.
Any suitable stent material may be used in the manufacture of the rings and stents described in this disclosure. Examples of such materials include metals such as stainless steel, tantalum, elgiloy and shape memory metals such as nitinol and shape memory polymers. The rings and stents may also be made of suitable polymeric materials.
As mentioned above, using certain techniques of this disclosure, at least one of the peaks of an annular ring of a stent is configured to bend inward into the cylindrical volume defined by the ring and into a balloon fold of a balloon. In one example, a balloon fold is the area or space between adjacent pleats on a balloon. By way of specific example,
In other example configurations, strut(s) 25 can be formed into a bent shape. In such an example configuration, the bent shape reduces or eliminates the need for a notch or other reduction in a portion of strut 25.
Stent 62, depicted in a reduced in
In this manner, a portion of stent 62 is embedded within a fold of the balloon, thereby reducing the profile of stent 62 in a reduced or crimped state. In addition, embedding a portion of the stent within a fold of the balloon helps secure the stent to the balloon.
Although stent 62 is depicted as having six rings 20A-20F, stent 62 is not limited to such a configuration. Rather, stent 62 can have more or fewer rings 20. Additionally, although pleated balloon 64 is depicted as having two adjacent pleats and a fold in between, balloon 64 can have more pleats, and thus more folds, thereby allowing more peaks in a ring to be extend into folds. Further, it should be noted that although each of rings 20A-20F includes a peak that extends into fold 68 of balloon 64, the disclosure is not so limited. Rather, in some examples, only one ring, e.g., ring 20A, of stent 62 includes a bent peak that extends into a fold. In other example configurations, multiple rings 20 of stent 62, but less than all rings 20, include a bent peak that extends into a fold.
Stent 82, depicted in a reduced in
In addition, in the example shown in
In accordance with certain techniques of this disclosure, bent peak 22H of ring 100 of
It should be noted that although one peak, namely peak 22H, is depicted in
In some examples, the stent, the delivery system or other portion of the assembly may include one or more areas, bands, coatings, members, etc. that is (are) detectable by imaging modalities such as X-Ray, MRI, ultrasound, etc. In other examples, at least a portion of the stent and/or adjacent assembly is at least partially radiopaque.
In some examples, at least a portion of the stent is configured to include one or more mechanisms for the delivery of a therapeutic agent. Often the agent will be in the form of a coating or other layer (or layers) of material placed on a surface region of the stent, which is adapted to be released at the site of the stent's implantation or areas adjacent thereto.
A therapeutic agent may be a drug or other pharmaceutical product such as non-genetic agents, genetic agents, cellular material, etc. Some examples of suitable non-genetic therapeutic agents include but are not limited to: anti-thrombogenic agents such as heparin, heparin derivatives, vascular cell growth promoters, growth factor inhibitors, Paclitaxel, etc. Where an agent includes a genetic therapeutic agent, such a genetic agent may include but is not limited to: DNA, RNA and their respective derivatives and/or components; hedgehog proteins, etc. Where a therapeutic agent includes cellular material, the cellular material may include but is not limited to: cells of human origin and/or non-human origin as well as their respective components and/or derivatives thereof Where the therapeutic agent includes a polymer agent, the polymer agent may be a polystyrene-polyisobutylene-polystyrene triblock copolymer (SIBS), polyethylene oxide, silicone rubber and/or any other suitable substrate.
The above disclosure is intended to be illustrative and not exhaustive. This description will suggest many variations and alternatives to one of ordinary skill in this art. The various elements shown in the individual figures and described above may be combined or modified for combination as desired. Various examples of the disclosure have been described. These and other examples are within the scope of the following claims.
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