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Delivery Systems and Methods of Implantation for Prosthetic Heart Valves

  • US 20090198316A1
  • Filed: 01/22/2009
  • Published: 08/06/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of deploying an implantable stented device in an anatomical location of a patient, comprising the steps of:

  • providing a delivery system comprising first and second stent engagement structures at its distal end;

    attaching a first structural element of the stented device to the first stent engagement structure and attaching a second structural element of the stented device to the second stent engagement structure;

    advancing the stented device to an implantation site; and

    sequentially disengaging the first structural element of the stented device from the first stent engagement structure of the delivery system and then disengaging the second structural element of the stented device from the second stent engagement structure.

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