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GUIDED DELIVERY OF PROSTHETIC VALVE

  • US 20140052241A1
  • Filed: 04/23/2012
  • Published: 02/20/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An image-guided prosthetic valve deployment system, comprising:

  • a prosthetic valve (80);

    a catheter (70) having an elongated body with a proximal tip (71a) and a distal tip (71b), the elongated body including a delivery section (72) adjacent the distal tip (71b) for deploying the prosthetic valve (80) relative to a heart valve (21) within an anatomical region (20);

    wherein the delivery section (72) includes a delivery segment (73) operable for sensing a shape and an orientation of the delivery section (72) within the anatomical region (20) relative to a reference element (74); and

    a delivery tracking system (90) operable (73) for tracking a position and an orientation of the prosthetic valve (80) relative to the heart valve (21) as a function of a sensed shape and a sensed orientation of the delivery section (72) within the anatomical region (20) relative to the reference element (74) as sensed by the delivery segment (73).

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