WO1992022263A2 - Nitinol stent system for hollow body conduits - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
- A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
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- A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
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- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
- A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
- A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
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- A61F2002/9505—Instruments specially adapted for placement or removal of stents or stent-grafts having retaining means other than an outer sleeve, e.g. male-female connector between stent and instrument
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
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- A61F2210/0014—Particular material properties of prostheses classified in groups A61F2/00 - A61F2/26 or A61F2/82 or A61F9/00 or A61F11/00 or subgroups thereof using shape memory or superelastic materials, e.g. nitinol
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- the present invention relates to an improved nitinol spiral stent for use as an endoprosthesis for reinforcing these body conduits so as to maintain their patency and function.
- the invention has been demonstrated to have particular utility for repairing narrowed, weakened, distorted, distended or otherwise deformed tubular body conduits, such as those in the vascular, biliary, genitourinary, gastrointestinal and respiratory systems.
- the invention includes an improved delivery system for placement of the stent.
- Previous devices for performing this function have not been designed for easy, controlled placement. Because the prior art stents were not designed to cooperate with specific placement devices and the placement devices were not designed to restrain the stent until properly located, correct placement was difficult to control. Also, prior nitinol stent systems required injection of cold saline, hot saline or both to prevent, control or encourage the transformation of the stent to its pre-set coil shape. This complicated the procedure and subjected the patient's body to unnecessary stress caused by the injection of the hot and cold fluids.
- Shape-memory alloys have the unusual property of mechanical "memory.” These materials can be formed into a first predetermined shape above a transition temperature range (TTR) , the TTR being dependent on the particular ratio of metals in the alloy. Below the TTR the alloy is highly ductile and may be plastically deformed into a second desired shape. Upon reheating above the TTR th alloy returns to its first pre-set form.
- TTR transition temperature range
- the Simon device uses a nitinol material with a TTR o 40°-50°F.
- the alloy which can be formed into various mesh o filter designs, is reformed into a straight wire in ice-coole water.
- a stud attached to the rear of the straightened filte wire is engaged in a notch on the guide wire which is the placed in the bore of a Teflon catheter for implantation.
- Under fluoroscopic control the catheter is advanced to th desired placement location within the blood vessel, and th guide wire and free end of the nitinol wire are extruded fro the catheter.
- the straightened nitinol wire As the straightened nitinol wire become exposed to the temperature of the blood, it reforms into it pre-set filter shape locking it into the blood vessel and, a the notch on the guide wire with inserted stud on th straightened wire are extruded from the placement catheter, the wire automatically becomes disengaged from the placemen device.
- U.S. Patent 3,827,426 Other medical applications of shape-memory alloys i medicine are a prosthetic pump (U.S. Patent 3,827,426), a apparatus for percutaneous catheterization (U.S.Patent 4,411,655), an intrauterine contraceptive device (U.S. Patent 3,620,212), a ring to hold a sewing cuff to an artificial heart valve (U.S. Patent 4,233,690), a catheter or cannula (U.S. Patent 3,890,977), marrow nails (U.S. Patent 4,170,990), and dental arch wires (U.S. Patent 4,037,324).
- U.S. Patent 4,665,906 addresses the use of stress-induced martensite alloys for the formation of several different medical devices.
- the Dotter article discloses the use of a nitinol material having a transition temperature of 130°-140°F, thus, requiring an injection of hot saline to cause the material to reform to its coil shape.
- the Dotter patent claims a nitinol material with a transition temperature in a range at or above normal body temperature. Because the Dotter patent does not incorporate any means to restrain the coil during insertion, the placement procedure requires an initial injection of cold saline to insure the coil does not reform during insertion followed by a second injection of hot saline to encourage reformation.
- Cragg utilizes a threaded adapter on one end of the coil to hold it during placement.
- Alfidi discloses an appliance expansible by the application of electrical heating.
- Balko discloses a nitinol wire with a transition temperature below body temperature. In order t prevent the stent from changing shape while being positione in the body it is enclosed in an insulating sheath.
- the present invention is directed to a coil stent constructed from nitinol alloy, the stent having the ends thereof designed to interact with a placement device specifically fabricated to retain the stent in a second smaller diameter while the stent is manipulated to its desired position in the patient's body. Additionally, it is directed to a placement device designed to utilize the structure on the ends of the stent to restrain the stent from reformation until in its desired location.
- Figure 1 is a side view of the coil stent in its first or expanded form according to the present invention.
- Figure 2 is a vertical cross-sectional perspective view of the stent of Figure 1 taken along line 2-2 of Figure 1.
- Figure 3 is a cut away view of the delivery catheter and wire guide according to the present invention.
- Figure 4 is a cut away view of a variation of the catheter of Figure 3.
- Figure 5 is a partial cut away view of the stent of Figure 1 in its second or delivery shape positioned in the delivery catheter of Figure 3.
- Figure 6 is a partial cut away view of the stent o Figure 1 in its second or delivery shape positioned in th delivery catheter of Figure 4.
- Figure 7 is an enlarged view of a portion of the cathete and stent of Figure 6.
- Figure 8 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken alon line 8-8 of Figure 5.
- Figure 9 is a partial sectional view of an arter following angioplasty showing the delivery system of Figure with the stent in the process of reforming to its hig temperature configuration.
- Roentgeno-endoprosthetic placement involves th implantation into vessels and organs of a radiopaqu prosthesis of metal alloy having a shape memory effect. Th placement procedure is performed non-surgically by a interventional radiologist using modern imaging technique which obviate the need to surgically expose the area to b treated.
- the technique takes advantage of the shape memor behavior of nitinol.
- a spiral o nitinol wire can be straightened into a linear configuratio or twisted into a desired shape to fit the profile of th placement device upon which the nitinol wire will be carrie to the body site to be treated.
- the wire When heated to a temperatur above the alloy TTR, the wire re-acquires its initial shap forming a frame within the body conduit being treated.
- the nitinol prosthesis of the invention has the followin characteristics: 1. Biological compatibility. 2. Resistance to corrosion.
- the stent 10 is composed of a coil 12 constructed from a nickel/titanium metal alloy (nitinol) wire 14 preferably of 55% nickel and 45% titanium.
- the wire 14 which is formed at a temperature above the TTR of the alloy into its first shape or configuration 16 can be reformed into a second configuration 18 when cooled below the TTR of the alloy.
- the wire 14 can be returned to its first configuration 16 by exposure to a specified higher temperature above the alloy TTR.
- Figure 1 shows the stent 10 comprising a spiral of nitinol wire 14 in its first coiled configuration 16. Loops or hooks 20 as shown in Figures 1, 5, 6 and 8 are formed in the proximal and distal ends 22 and 24 to hold the wire 14 in place after placement on the delivery catheter 30.
- the endoprosthesis can also incorporate a silicone o other suitable biocompatible coating.
- This coating reduce the chance of thrombosis in treated blood vessels or adherenc of food, bile, and genito-urinary deposits on the coil whic would impair the function of the vessels or tubular structur when implanted therein. If undesired depositions occur, partial or complete blockage of the treated vessel or tubula system can result, leading to jeopardy to life and limb.
- Th coating must be chosen for the body system into which th stent will be placed. For example, coatings suitable fo placement in arterial or venous blood vessels may not b suitable for genito-urethral tracts or the respiratory system.
- Appropriate coatings include, but are not limited to, silicon rubbers, hydrophilic polymers, biological coatings, such a heparin or other polysaccharides, collagen and other relate materials which are known to retard deposition of undesirabl materials, encourage desired tissue ingrowth or stimulate th deposition of preferential biological constituents.
- a new and novel delivery system 30 for inserting the coil 12 which uses retention means such as fixing loops or hooks 20 at each end of the coil 10.
- This delivery system 30 includes a tubular placement device, such as a catheter 32, which has proximal and distal cut-outs or holes 34 and 36 in its outer surface 38, allowing the loops or hooks 20 to be inserted through the wall 40 of the catheter 32 and into the bore or lumen 42 of the catheter 32 where they can be traversed or pierced by a central mandril or guide wire 44 placed within the bore of the catheter 32 as shown in Figure 5.
- the preferred design utilizes a catheter with an opening 35 in its proximal end so that the guide wire 44 can extend out of the " catheter and through a constriction which will receive the stent. Placement of the mandril 44 through the loops 20 on the proximal and distal ends 22 and 24 of the coil 12 holds the wire 14 in its second configuration 18 so that it cannot reform to its first configuration 16 or be dislodged until the mandril 44 is withdrawn, thus ensuring proper positioning of the stent 10 in its desired final location.
- second configuration 18 cold temperature shape
- Figures 4 and 6 show a modification of the delivery system 30 which incorporates a depressed region 46 in and fully encircling the outer surface 38 of the catheter 32.
- the purpose of the depressed region 46 is to allow the wire 14 t be wrapped around the catheter 32 while still retaining th uniform outer profile of the catheter 32.
- the wire increases the diameter of the system.
- Th depressed region 46 as shown in Figures 6 and 7, allows th wire 14 to be wrapped on the catheter 32 without increasin the outer diameter of the system, thus, making it easier t insert the system into the desired body organ.
- the procedure for placing the stent 10, using th delivery system 30 of the present invention, within a bloo vessel, for example, an artery following an angioplast procedure is as follows: 1.
- a wire 14 formed from a nitinol alloy with a TTR a or below body temperature is heated above its TTR to temperature necessary to form a first configuration, i.e., coil as shown in Figure 1.
- a suitable form is a closel spaced coil, preferably with the coil turns touching eac other, having an outer diameter slightly greater than th inner diameter of the vessel into which it will be placed.
- loop or hook 20 is formed on each end of the wire. This ca be accomplished in the hospital facility if suitable heatin and forming equipment is available.
- the sten is supplied by the manufacturer in a range of pre-set oute diameters so that the interventional radiologist can selec the dimensions most suited to the patient's needs.
- the formed coil is then cooled below the TTR of th alloy so that it can be reshaped into a desired secon configuration.
- the wire is spirally wound tightly around the oute surface 38 of the depressed region 46 of the catheter 32, th loop 20 on the proximal end 22 of the wire 14 is inserted through proximal cut-out 34, and the mandril tip 45 is advanced through the loop 20 into the proximal end of the catheter 32. 5.
- the delivery system 30 with the wire 14 in its second configuration 18 is then introduced into the body, using readily available catheter introduction system, and advanced to the site for stent 10 placement under fluoroscopic or other nonsurgical visualization procedures. 6.
- the distal end 24 of the wire 14 is located at the distal end of the chosen delivery site the mandril 44 is partially withdrawn, freeing the proximal end 22 of the wire 14.
- the wire 14 Having been exposed to body temperature, which is above the TTR of the alloy, the wire 14 will immediately reform into its first configuration 16 (a coil of outer diameter greater than the vessel in which it is placed) .
- the mandril 44 can be withdrawn from the loop 20 on the distal end 24 of the wire 14. If the stent 10 is not properly positioned, it can be moved and repositioned before the mandril 44 is withdrawn from the distal loop.
- the hook and loop 20 can be formed on the ends of the wire while it is in its second low temperature configuration.
- the stent can be positioned in various tubular or hollow body conduits or organs.
- the delivery system 30 for the improved nitinol stents 10 takes advantage of the fixing loops 20 at both ends of the coil 12. Specifically, this delivery system 30 comprises both a catheter 32 and guide wire 14, with the overall system having a significantly smaller diameter than the prior ar delivery systems.
- the catheter 32 of the improved deliver system 30 has at least two cut-outs 34 and 36 in its oute surface 38 enabling the loops (or hooks) 20 to be place through the wall 40 of the catheter 32 and then traversed b a central guide wire 44 placed within the catheter 32.
- Additional beneficial features of the delivery system ar reduction of friction and an increase in flexibility an steerability.
- the coating on the product, while reducin deposits on the system, also reduces friction as the system is manipulated to its desired location.
- the smaller diameter of the catheter and the commensurate flexibility, in combination with standard catheter steering techniques, allows the interventional radiologist to readily manipulate the catheter through stenotic (narrow) passages and to bend the catheter to direct the endoprosthesis to its desired location, thus, allowing access to regions that are difficult to access due to the tortuous course between the sites of introduction and implantation.
- an angioplasty balloon can be combined with the nitinol endoprosthesis.
- this improvement incorporates an angioplasty balloon on a catheter having two or more inner channels. One channel is for inflating the angioplasty balloon and a second channel is for insertion of the wire guide to catch the terminal loops of the nitinol stent. Contrast media or other liquids can be injected through a third channel or through the channel used for the wire guide.
- the combined system allows the interventional radiologist to perform balloon dilatation of a hollow body conduit and place the nitinol stent in a single, controlled nonsurgical procedure with one instrument through a single access site. This ensures greatly enhanced effectiveness and safety of the balloon dilatation procedure and proper positioning prior to the release of the stent, all in rapid succession.
- a metal guide was introduced beyond the stricture area using a previously placed external drainage catheter.
- the forward loop was then released by slightly withdrawing the guide wire. Under body temperature, the prosthesis reformed to its pre-set spiral shape with a predetermined diameter slightly larger than the biliary tract. 6. Once the prosthesis was accurately fixed in the stricture, the second loop was released and the guide wire wa removed.
- a 37-year old male was admitted to the hospital with symptoms of jaundice, weakness, pruritus and nausea. He had a history of several years of similar symptoms and had previously undergone stomach resection for cancer. Hospital admission diagnosis was cirrhosis of the liver. Scintigraphy revealed an enlarged liver with pronounced irregularity of colloid distribution. Ultrasound examination showed the liver to be enlarged due to changes in the left lobe. The walls of the intrahepatic biliary ducts were consolidated and the gallbladder was curved. The pancreas had even contours and its head was diffusely consolidated.
- Transcutaneous transhepatic cholangiography revealed dilatation of the intra and extra hepatic bile ducts and common bile duct obstruction due to tumor constriction.
- the patient was transferred to radiology with the diagnosis of an obstruction of common bile duct caused by the metastases from the stomach tumor.
- transcutaneous transhepatic dilatation of the stricture was performed with roentgeno-endobiliary prosthetic placement at the distal end of the obstruction. Prosthetic placement was not performed along the whole length of the stricture because the length of the prosthesis available at the time was insufficient. Therefore, six months later the patient underwent a repeated roentgeno-endobiliary prosthetic placement with a longer prosthesis sized to fit the full length of the stricture.
- the control cholangiogram showed that the biliary ducts were patent. External drainage was removed on the third day. The cessation of jaundice and decrease in bilirubin level were observed.
- the spiral was formed with a fixing ring on its distal end. Then it was cooled using chloroethane (C 2 H 5 CI) , straightened, placed on a rod and inserted into the placement catheter. The catheter wa inserted into the body organ to be treated with the fixin ring on the straightened nitinol spiral placed in the area o the lower end of the stricture. The spiral, responding t body heat, began to acquire the previously given shape. Afte the spiral reformed from its low temperature shape, it wa disconnected from the placement rod and the rod was remove from the organ.
- chloroethane C 2 H 5 CI
- the stent was twisted on the catheter of th invention into a spiral of a smaller diameter conforming t the catheters outer surface. Following disconnection from th catheter, the spiral enlarged in its diameter as a result o being exposed to the body temperature of the animal and wa fixed inside the body organ (tubular conduit) forming a internal support.
- the spiral diameter should exceed the diameter of the esophageal stricture or the tubular body organ receiving the implant by 2-3 mm and the diameter of the intact esophagus of rabbits by 3-4 mm to avoid displacement.
- the spiral diameter for the intact esophagus of rats should exceed the esophageal diameter by a ratio of 1.5.
- Two months following the procedure the inflammatory infiltration around spiral coils was considerably reduced. Granulations were replaced by fibrous tissue and, by the third month following the procedure, the spaces between the windings of the coil were formed of fibrous tissue with widely scattered single lymphoid cells being encountered.
- the channels located in the superficial layers of the mucous membrane were covered with multilayer flat epithelium.
- the walls of the coil were covered either with multilayer flat epithelium (in the mucous membrane) or with fibrous tissue (in the sub ucous membrane) .
- Example 3A and 3B human clinical REP were performed in 6 patients with esophagus cancer. All 6 were male patients, ages from 44 to 76 years and a mean age of 62. All patients had cancer of the thoracic section of the esophagus extending 50 to 80 mm. Many of the conditions were complicated by advanced age, severe pathology (as a rule cardiovascular) , and metastatic cancer making it impossible to perform radical surgical procedures. The patients also responded negatively to gastrostomy. Taking into account the increasing dysphagia, a nitinol spiral endoprosthesis with lengths ranging from 45 to 80 mm, and diameters from 12 to 20 mm were implanted in each patient. Set forth below is a representative example:
- Bronchoscopy showed compression of the left main bronchus with the lumen reduced to one-half its normal size.
- the diagnosis was Squamous cell cancer of the middle third of the esophagus with bronchial segment lesion, T3NxMo with exophytic type of growth with ulceration, chronic cerebrovascular insufficiency, and arteriosclerosis obliterans of the lower extremities vessels.
- the spiral After being cooled wit chloroethane the spiral was twisted around the placemen catheter into a smaller diameter of 7.0 mm and it was the introduced into the esophagus. Guided by x-ray contrast mark fixed to the patient's skin, the introduction catheter wit the spiral attached was introduced into the stricture with th distal end of the spiral located at the end of the strictur closest to the point of introduction of the placemen catheter. The mandril wire was then withdrawn slightly releasing the proximal end of the spiral. The proximal end of the coil began acquiring the preformed shape under the influence of body temperature. To accelerate the process, 50 ml of water at 40°-50°C, was introduced into the esophagus along the catheter.
- the mandril wire was fully removed releasing the distal end of the implant, and the placement catheter and locking wire were extracted from the patient.
- Examination of the esophagus using contrast media showed the dilation of the lumen as expected. Subjectively, the patient felt no pain during the procedure. For the next few days the patient had the feeling of pressure on the esophageal walls in the thorax but it soon disappeared. The patient was then given chemotherapy with methotrexate and spirobromin. The patient reported the ability to ingest fluid and solid food through the esophagus; this was confirmed by clinical observations.
- nitinol Using ethyl chloride to cool the nitinol it was reshaped for mounting on an 8F placement catheter which was then placed in an artery immediately after it had been expanded by angioplasty, such as the iliac, femoral, popliteal, subclavian, carotid or renal artery (more than 110 clinical implants) .
- angioplasty such as the iliac, femoral, popliteal, subclavian, carotid or renal artery (more than 110 clinical implants) .
- Experimental studies were conducted on 36 dogs with placement of 66 endovascular nitinol prostheses. Long term results followed up over a period of 14 months demonstrated acceptable prolonged performance of the nitinol stents. Morphological study showed that stents were separated in a ring-like fashion by a thin layer of connective tissue and the inner lumen of the coil was lined with a layer of epithelial cells.
- the device and procedure is applicable to the placement of a support structure into any body conduit or tubular organ. It has been demonstrated to be effective for restoring a channel through esophageal tumors, improving flow through diseased blood vessels and bile ducts, the device also has utility in relieving obstructions in the intestinal or urogenital tract or other tubular body conduits or organs. Additionally, its utility is enhanced when combined with balloon dilation or laser recanalization of the obstructed conduit or organ being treated.
- the dimensions of the catheter, mandril and expandable shunt are varied to fit the organ in which they are being placed. Dimensions of the catheter and mandril are chosen to be comparable to other medical devices for fluid delivery or organ treatment currently used in these organs. The shunt dimensions depend on the size of the organ to be supported.
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