US 12,076,233 B2
Device for implanting a prosthesis for a heart valve and assembly procedure
Giovanni Righini, Gland (CH); Cindy Trinh, Moreno Valley, CA (US); Dong Ik Shin, Poway, CA (US); Andy Denison, Temecula, CA (US); and Kevin Magrini, Temecula, CA (US)
Assigned to INNOVHEART S.r.l., Milan (IT)
Filed by Giovanni Righini, Gland (CH); Cindy Trinh, Moreno Valley, CA (US); Dong Ik Shin, Poway, CA (US); Andy Denison, Temecula, CA (US); and Kevin Magrini, Temecula, CA (US)
Filed on May 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/306,083.
Application 17/306,083 is a division of application No. 16/522,164, filed on Jul. 25, 2019, granted, now 11,517,425.
Prior Publication US 2021/0251749 A1, Aug. 19, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/2412 (2013.01) [A61F 2/2409 (2013.01); A61F 2/243 (2013.01); A61F 2/2436 (2013.01); A61M 25/0026 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0014 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0024 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
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1. A procedure for implanting a heart prosthesis in a heart, the heart prosthesis comprising an expandable central body and a containment portion having one or more sub-components, the procedure comprising the steps of:
affording access for a first catheter through a vein;
inserting the first catheter inside a right atrium, through an inferior vena cava and accessing a left atrium through a puncture of a septum;
inserting at least one guidewire through the first catheter and arranging the at least one guidewire around a native valve;
inserting the one or more sub-components of the containment portion through the first catheter;
inserting a device for implanting a heart prosthesis through the first catheter;
connecting the central body to the one or more sub-components of the containment portion;
while maintaining the central body substantially in a stable position inside the heart, deploying the central body position;
wherein the device for implanting the heart prosthesis comprises an assembly of second catheters for assisting the step of connecting the central body and the one or more sub-components of the containment portion, the assembly of second catheters being joined to each other over a portion thereof and each having at least one free end.