Melody Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve
Humanitarian Device
Authorized by Federal law (USA) for use in pediatric and adult patients with a regurgitant or stenotic Right Ventricular Outflow Tract (RVOT) conduit (≥ 16 mm in diameter when originally implanted). The effectiveness of this device for this use has not been demonstrated.
Overview
The Melody® Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve (TPV) is a heart valve attached to a stent (wire frame) that functions as an artificial pulmonary valve for patients with failed pulmonary valve conduits. The Melody valve was specifically designed for delivery to the cardiovascular system in a tube called a catheter.
Detail - The Melody Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve
With Melody Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve (TPV) Therapy, the catheter is inserted into a vein in your leg and guided up to your heart. The heart valve is attached to a stent that expands with the help of balloons to deliver the valve so that blood may flow better.
Detail - The Melody Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve is designed to restore pulmonary valve conduit function and delay the need for surgical intervention
Features
The Melody valve contains a valve with three leaflets that are similar to a human heart valve attached to a stent (wire frame). It is designed to allow blood to flow freely from the heart’s right ventricle into the pulmonary arteries which lead to the lungs.
The Melody valve is delivered by catheter through the body’s cardiovascular system without the need to open the chest.
Placement
The Melody valve is placed within an existing pulmonary valve conduit. A pulmonary valve conduit is a tube that connects a patient’s right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) and contains an artificial valve to control blood flow between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery.
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