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METHOD AND IMPLANTATION SYSTEM FOR IMPLANTING A CARDIOVASCULAR PROSTHESIS

  • US 20110224678A1
  • Filed: 09/20/2010
  • Published: 09/15/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of implanting a cardiac prosthesis, comprising:

  • placing a cardiac prosthesis into an elongated barrel of an implanter, the barrel comprising an open discharge end;

    attaching an introducer apparatus onto the open discharge end of the barrel, the introducer apparatus comprising a sidewall portion that extends from a first end portion and terminates in a distal end portion that gradually tapers to cross-sectional dimension that is less than cross-sectional dimension at the first end portion, the introducer apparatus being configured to permit movement of the barrel, including the discharge end, axially through and beyond the distal end portion of the introducer apparatus;

    creating an opening in tissue that provides a path from the opening to an implantation site;

    inserting the introducer apparatus into the opening;

    moving the barrel axially through the introducer apparatus to position the discharge end of the barrel near the implantation site; and

    discharging the prosthesis from the barrel at the implantation site.

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