INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR IN SITU DEPLOYMENT OF CARDIAC VALVE PROSTHESES
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1. A device for transfemoral delivery of an expandable heart valve prosthesis, the device comprising a low friction material.
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Abstract
An instrument for deploying a cardiac valve prosthesis, including a plurality of radially expandable portions, at an implantation site, includes a plurality of deployment elements each independently operable to obtain the radial expansion of a radially expandable portion of the valve prosthesis. A method for deploying the cardiac valve prosthesis includes advancing the instrument to an implant site and independently actuating the radially expandable portions.
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- 1. A device for transfemoral delivery of an expandable heart valve prosthesis, the device comprising a low friction material.
- 12. A device for transfemoral delivery of an expandable heart valve prosthesis, the device comprising a lubricious material.
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