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Methods and devices for delivery of prosthetic heart valves and other prosthetics

  • US 20070203560A1
  • Filed: 02/27/2006
  • Published: 08/30/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Apparatus for delivering a prosthetic device to a treatment location within a patient by way of the patient'"'"'s vasculature, comprising:

  • a catheter having proximal and distal ends, the distal end of said catheter being adapted to carry a prosthetic device, said prosthetic device having a longitudinal axis, a fully contracted state for delivery to a treatment location, and an expanded state for deployment at the treatment location, a guidewire extending through a lumen formed in at least a portion of said catheter, and one or more tethers selectively attached to said guidewire in at least a position distal to said prosthetic device, said one or more tethers adapted to selectively restrain said prosthetic device.

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