Jenavalve Technology Gmbh

Medtronic Vascular Galway Limited

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Younes Boudjemline

Philipp Bonhoeffer

A prosthesis for implantation at a native semilunar valve site of a subject can include a support structure configured such that in a first rotational disposition of the prosthesis with respect to the native semilunar valve, a tactile feedback sensation is provided to a user implanting the prosthesis.

Devices useful for implantation at a heart valve

A device useful for implantation at a native heart valve can include an anchor element having a tubular configuration defining a longitudinal direction and a circumference, a heart valve prosthesis disposed within the anchor element, and a plurality of elongate members positioned at equidistant angular intervals about the circumference of the anchor element. The device can be configured to be transitioned from a radially collapsed delivery configuration to a radially expanded implantation configuration, and the plurality of elongate members can have a length extending in the longitudinal direction of the tubular member in the expanded implantation configuration.

The implant implantation unit (), at a determined position in the tubular element () with a wall comprising a cavity (), is pushed there by a catheter () and the unit comprises deformable feelers () to, under the control of remote activation elements (), change from a stowed form to a deployed functional form, to detect the cavity () and position itself there with reference to the position of the cavity.

Methods of treating valves

Methods of implanting an implantation device

Implant implantation unit and procedure for implanting the unit

The implant implantation unit, at a determined position in the tubular element with a wall comprising a cavity, is pushed there by a catheter and the unit comprises deformable feelers to, under the control of remote activation elements, change from a stowed form to a deployed functional form, to detect the cavity and position itself there with reference to the position of the cavity.

Implant implantation unit

The device includes a solid disk () whose diameter is larger than the diameter of a hole () to be treated and which is formed by a peripheral deformable thread () made of a shape memory material and a flexible membrane () which is made of biocompatible material and connected to the thread; and at least an attachment () separated from the disk () which makes it possible to fix the disk () to the body wall. Each attachment () is provided with an area () for linking to the disk and an area () for linking to the body wall () and is embodied such that it is deformable and can be introduced into a hollow needle ().

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Clamart, France

Younes Boudjemline