Devices and methods for transcatheter valve loading and implantation
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1. A method of adjusting the expansion and contraction of a prosthetic heart valve prior to deployment, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a prosthetic heart valve;
providing a suture positioned around the prosthetic heart valve, the suture having a first end and a second end;
providing a catheter having a lumen and a slot transversely positioned with respect to the lumen;
providing a release pin within the lumen, the first end of the suture connected to the release pin;
providing a wire within the lumen, the second end of the suture connected to the wire;
loading the prosthetic heart valve onto the wire and release pin to form a sub assembly and then inserting the sub assembly through the slot and into the lumen; and
pulling the wire to place tension in the suture to correspondingly compress the prosthetic heart valve.
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to numerous devices and methods for transcatheter stented prosthetic heart valve loading and delivery. Such devices and methods reduce suture tangling and also provide the ability to adjust the stented prosthetic heart valve expansion and contraction prior to the final release of the stented prosthetic heart valve from the delivery device.
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1. A method of adjusting the expansion and contraction of a prosthetic heart valve prior to deployment, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a prosthetic heart valve; providing a suture positioned around the prosthetic heart valve, the suture having a first end and a second end; providing a catheter having a lumen and a slot transversely positioned with respect to the lumen; providing a release pin within the lumen, the first end of the suture connected to the release pin; providing a wire within the lumen, the second end of the suture connected to the wire; loading the prosthetic heart valve onto the wire and release pin to form a sub assembly and then inserting the sub assembly through the slot and into the lumen; and pulling the wire to place tension in the suture to correspondingly compress the prosthetic heart valve. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A combination delivery device and prosthetic heart valve, the combination comprising:
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a prosthetic heart valve having a stent frame and a suture positioned around the stent frame, the suture including a first end and a second end; and a delivery device including; a catheter having a lumen and a slot transversely positioned with respect to the lumen, the slot sized to receive the prosthetic heart valve therein, a release pin positioned within the lumen, the first end of the suture connected to the release pin; a wire positioned within the lumen, the second end of the suture connected to the wire; and wherein the wire can be pulled proximally to place tension in the suture and correspondingly compress the prosthetic heart valve. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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