|Número de publicación||US6989021 B2|
|Tipo de publicación||Concesión|
|Número de solicitud||US 10/403,470|
|Fecha de publicación||24 Ene 2006|
|Fecha de presentación||31 Mar 2003|
|Fecha de prioridad||31 Oct 2002|
|También publicado como||DE602004011416D1, DE602004011416T2, EP1464299A2, EP1464299A3, EP1464299B1, US20040088001|
|Número de publicación||10403470, 403470, US 6989021 B2, US 6989021B2, US-B2-6989021, US6989021 B2, US6989021B2|
|Inventores||Gjalt Bosma, Hendrik G. Breedveld, Thomas W. Huitema, Rudolf T. Mulder, James H. Silver|
|Cesionario original||Cordis Corporation|
|Exportar cita||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Citas de patentes (56), Citada por (164), Clasificaciones (19), Eventos legales (4)|
|Enlaces externos: USPTO, Cesión de USPTO, Espacenet|
The present application is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 10/285,218, entitled “Vascular Filter with Improved Anchor or Other Position Retention,” filed Oct. 31, 2002.
1. Technical Background
The present invention relates to a medical filter which can be placed inside a blood vessel or other body passage for the purpose of intercepting thrombus or particles, which may be optionally retrieved at a later time.
Some basic types of medical filters are generally known, wherein a single filter element, mesh or member extends across the direction of flow inside a blood vessel. Several features are desirable for medical filters, including non-surgical or percutaneous delivery of the filter to a desired site, and expansion from a preferably small initial size to an expanded working size that matches the vascular anatomy at the desired site. Also, a medical filter should of course preferably capture a sufficient percentage of thrombus, while allowing blood to flow freely through the filter.
Another desirable feature is a capability to remain in the desired position for treatment through a period of time, and also to offer the physician the option during that time of leaving the filter in place permanently, or retrieving the filter when no longer needed.
In addition, a medical filter should preferably have a design whereby the filter is stable in the vessel, such that the filter has little or no tendency to “tilt” and may become less effective in capturing thrombus. Some medical filters may be used in the vena cava, and may be described in such event as a “vena cava filter.”
Prior medical filters may consist of a network of interconnected ribs, which extend substantially in a radial direction in relation to the blood vessel. Unfortunately, an entire filter may shift position if one of the ribs were to break. In addition, the free ends of the ribs, which may be positioned under a certain pressure against the internal wall of the blood vessel, may cause trauma to the vessel wall, or may become embedded within.
Another possible design is essentially a screen placed across a transverse dimension of a vessel. Again, it is important to take measures to resist “tilting” by this screen type of filter.
A disadvantage of some known medical filters may be a possibility of shifting position or tilting inside the blood vessel, even when the filter maintains its proper shape, if a prior filter may have been incorrectly placed in a blood vessel which is too wide. In such an event, a medical filter may not grab sufficient hold on the internal wall of the blood vessel.
A medical filter may be delivered through a catheter in a compressed shape, where it tends to resiliently expand within the blood vessel. The medical filter may tend to trap thrombus or particles, and resist their movement further downstream. The filter may include, in a position of use, an outer shape corresponding to the internal diameter of the blood vessel transverse to the longitudinal direction hereof.
A medical filter which may also be implanted permanently or temporarily. It is preferable to implant the filter initially without deciding at that time whether the filter will eventually be retrieved or is to remain permanently. It is also desirable that if the filter is retrieved, then it should be retrieved as easily as possible.
To help in successful retrieval, a desirable factor is to avoid endothelialization or in-growth of the vessel wall around the structural members of the filter.
On a retrievable filter, it is also desirable to provide releasable temporary position stabilizers, to resist a possibility of tilting and to enhance position retention.
Some medical filters provide anchors or small barbs, which extend at various angles in radial directions outward from the ribs. One successful design which is sufficient for a variety of applications is shown in the commonly owned U.S. Pat. No. 6,443,972, entitled “Vascular Filter” which issued to at least one of the co-inventors of the present invention on Sep. 3, 2002. This patent shows many desirable features for filters, including a longitudinally stable central body section, and two filter sections providing multiple filtering action. Other advantageous features are that it is preferably made of a single piece of resilient material, and can be implanted through a catheter without requiring surgery.
A filter may be provided with barbs or anchors for increasing position retention. The barbs tend to gently hold the filter in place inside the blood vessel, and so it is of course desirable to avoid endothelialization of the filter components, to facilitate its retrieval.
Also, medical filters of the present invention that are retrievable, rather than permanent filters, may provide an additional advantage. When a medical filter is retrieved from a blood vessel, the entire filter is resiliently compressed to a relatively small diameter, for extraction through a catheter.
The filter may preferably have a hook structure at one or both ends, of a design that preferably provides multiple hook surfaces for increasing ease of retrieval.
A filter according to the present invention may also preferably have one or more small barbs or anchors. An additional design is to provide a filter with a hook structure at one end, and cooperating barbs for holding the filter in position, that are arranged to pull out gently if the filter is retrieved in a retrieval direction by pulling on the hook structure with a retrieval snare or other retrieval device.
With a medical filter according to the present invention, a tubular section may tend to resiliently exert slight pressure along a large section of contact area on the wall of the blood vessel or other body passage, which tends to hold itself in place. The medical filter will consequently tend not to shift position.
The term “tubular” is used in its broadest sense, to encompass any structure arranged at a radial distance around a longitudinal axis. Accordingly, tubular includes any structure that (i) is cylindrical or not, such as for example an elliptical or polygonal cross-section, or any other regular or irregular cross-section; (ii) has a different or changing cross-section along its length; (iii) is arranged around a straight, curving, bent or discontinuous longitudinal axis; (iv) has an imperforate surface, or a periodic or other perforate, irregular or gapped surface or cross-section; (v) is spaced uniformly or irregularly, including being spaced varying radial distances from the longitudinal axis; (vi) has any desired combination of length or cross-sectional size.
In addition, the medical filter according to the present invention tends not to rotate transversely or tilt over, which is another advantage of the present invention. In a possible embodiment, a medical filter according to the present invention may preferably be formed out of one single piece, which provides advantages including simplicity of manufacture.
In a preferred embodiment, a medical filter according to the present invention includes a first and second filter section, arranged on either side of a central body section. The body section and the filter sections thus enclose a space. Due to the elongated shape of the medical filter according to the present invention, and the arranging of the first and second section on either side of the body member, the present filter has an enhanced filtering effect. In other words, two filtering structures have been created for intercepting thrombus, particulates or other matter moving inside the blood vessel or other body passage.
Another possible embodiment of the filter according to the present invention is that, when seen in an axial or longitudinal direction, the filter sections have the shape of a regular polygon, and provide several smaller filtering “cells.” The purpose of these filtering cells is to intercept thrombus moving inside a blood vessel, and the smaller filtering cells tend to capture more thrombus.
The filter sections, as arranged according to an embodiment described above on either side of the tubular body section, may be identical in shape, thereby enhancing the simplicity of the medical filter according to the present invention.
Another possible benefit of the present invention relates to endothelialization, which is the healing of the vessel inner surface by endothelial cells. It is desirable not to damage these endothelial cells when removing a retrievable medical filter, and the improved designs of the present invention tend to minimize any impact during retrieval.
Some medical filters may have been made of a braiding of wire-like elements, or a tubular element also having a series of cuts at places corresponding to the positions of passages. It is thus possible to build various medical filters according to the present invention, by various techniques and of various materials to obtain the ultimate shape and desired design. Possible junctions of filter components may be formed by melting or welding free ends together, or by employing such a cutting pattern that the basic shape of the medical filter according to the present invention is obtained.
It should be noted that the present invention also relates to methods for using implantable filters as described herein.
These and various other objects, advantages and features of the invention will become apparent from the following description and claims, when considered in conjunction with the appended drawings. The invention will be explained in greater detail below with reference to the attached drawings of a number of examples of embodiments of the present invention.
The following description of the preferred embodiments of the present invention is merely illustrative in nature, and as such it does not limit in any way the present invention, its application, or uses. Numerous modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the true spirit and scope of the invention.
A medical filter according to the present invention is illustrated in
In the expanded shape, the filter 10 preferably has a series of longitudinal ribs 12, aligned essentially parallel with a longitudinal axis of the filter 10. A plurality of members preferably define a first and second filter section 14 and 16, arranged near a retrieval end of the filter and an insertion end, respectively. A pair of central collars 18 and 20 are also preferably positioned at the retrieval end and the insertion end, respectively. A hook structure 22 is attached to the retrieval collar 18.
In addition, a series of apertures 24 and a corresponding series of anchoring barbs 26 are preferably positioned at shoulders or transitions between a central body section 15 defined by the longitudinal ribs 12 and the filter sections 14 and 16, respectively. In other words, the apertures 24 are located between the ribs 12 and the filter section 14 at the retrieval end, and the barbs 26 are located between the ribs 12 and the filter section 16 at the insertion end of the filter 10.
The filter 10 is preferably delivered to a desired site for treatment by a delivery catheter 28, which preferably defines a lumen 30 extending between a proximal hub 32 having a hemostatic valve (not shown) and a distal lumen opening 34. The proximal hub 32 also preferably has a flush lumen tube 36 and a stopcock 38, which may be used for various therapeutic purposes, including flushing the lumen 30 of the delivery catheter 28, injecting radiopaque contrast fluid for viewing on an x-ray video screen, or delivering medications.
The filter 10 is preferably initially packaged in a compressed state in a filter cartridge 40, shown in
The hook structure 22 of filter 10 may have a T-shape, as shown in
The barbs or anchors 26 extend in a longitudinal direction, and are exposed when the filter 10 is in an expanded shape. As shown in
The apertures 24 may tend to balance stresses in the filter. In other words, anchors 26 may be formed by cutting them out of the ribs, which will tend to bend and define the center section 15 and the filter section 16. Similarly, the presence of apertures 24 may tend to balance stresses in the ribs, causing them to bend in a complementary manner and define the center section 15 and the filter section 14.
In use, delivery catheter 28 is inserted along a body passage in a patient until distal end 34 is near a desired site for treatment. After filter 10 is disposed within lumen 30 of catheter 28, a push wire 52 may be used to eject the filter 10 from the distal tip 34 of the catheter 28. Push wire 52 shown in
Of course, several methods are possible for placing the filter inside lumen 30 of the catheter 28. The filter may simply be placed inside the lumen 30 distal end 34, providing a relatively short distance the filter 10 must be pushed before exiting the catheter 28.
Another possible method for inserting filter 10 at the desired site is to insert it into the lumen 30 proximal end, and then push the filter 10 with a push wire 52 along the entire length of the catheter 28, after the catheter, after the catheter distal end has been advanced to the desired position for treatment.
Another possible aspect is to provide positive feedback on which the end of the filter 10 is inserted first into lumen 30. In other words, it may be desirable to insert one end of the filter into the catheter first, for example when approaching from a femoral access point, and the other end of the first being inserted first at a different access point, for example when approaching a jugular access point. The cartridge 40 shown in
For example, with reference to
As another example, the physician may choose a femoral access point (or any other access point where the physician desires to insert the filter 10 with the collar 20 end first). In this kind of situation, the physician may choose a catheter 28 having a length suitable for such desired site for treatment, as shown in
Accordingly, the physician would in such a case refer to the “Femoral” arrows 48, and insert the corresponding femoral jack 44 on the cartridge 40 into the proximal hub 32. The push wire 52 is used to advance and deploy the filter 10 as described above.
Optional devices that may be used, in particular for example before the catheter 28 is inserted and advanced to the desired site for treatment, are a guidewire 68 and a complementary introducer 70 as shown in
Medical filters according to the present invention may be made of any suitable material using a variety of methods. One material having the desired characteristics of strength, resilience, flexibility, biocompatibility and endurance is nitinol. Other materials having the desired characteristics may be used, such as stainless steel. Likewise, the manufacturing methods may include providing a tube, and then cutting a pattern into the tube to enable expansion into the desired shape. Various other methods are of course possible, including forming the filter of discrete members and then joining or connecting the members.
In addition to the nitinol mentioned so far, many other materials may also be used for manufacturing a medical filter according to the present invention. By way of alternative, various metals may for instance be used, in which case it is essential that the medical filter assumes the intended shape hereof after having been ejected from the catheter for the purpose of introduction hereof. The medical filter, during introduction, is of course kept in a compressed state, by the catheter. To this end, a configuration may be used decompressing the filter metal due to the elastic properties hereof.
In the axial view, the filter sections on either side of the ribs of the medical filters according to the present invention described above display diamond or polygon shapes. It is also possible to suffice with medical filters of which the filter sections display in axial view a star shape, or any other suitable shape, as long as they intercept blood clots or thrombus successfully. An advantage of this feature is that, after passing the first filter section and the tubular section or the elongated body member, a second chance at interception in the form of an additional filter section has been provided. Also, other shapes of the filter sections in axial view are possible, which shapes will occur to those skilled in the field after reading the present description. The shapes of the filter sections in axial view need not be symmetrical, and may have in principle any suitable appearance.
It should be understood that an unlimited number of configurations for the present invention could be realized. The foregoing discussion describes merely exemplary embodiments illustrating the principles of the present invention, the scope of which is recited in the following claims. Those skilled in the art will readily recognize from the description, claims, and drawings that numerous changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
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