HYDRAULIC DELIVERY SYSTEMS FOR PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
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- A system for delivering a prosthetic heart valve device for implantation at a native heart valve of a patient, the system comprising;
an elongated catheter body; and
a delivery capsule coupled to the elongated catheter body and configured to be hydraulically driven between a containment configuration for holding the prosthetic heart valve device and a deployment configuration for deploying the prosthetic heart valve device,wherein the delivery capsule comprises a biasing device configured to urge at least a portion of the delivery capsule towards the containment configuration when the delivery capsule moves from the containment configuration towards the deployment configuration.
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Abstract
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for treating native heart valves are disclosed herein. A system for delivering a prosthetic device into a heart of a patient includes an elongated catheter body and a delivery capsule. The delivery capsule can be hydraulically driven to deploy at least a portion of a prosthetic heart valve device. The delivery capsule can release the prosthetic heart valve device at a desired treatment site in a patient.
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1. :
- A system for delivering a prosthetic heart valve device for implantation at a native heart valve of a patient, the system comprising;
an elongated catheter body; and a delivery capsule coupled to the elongated catheter body and configured to be hydraulically driven between a containment configuration for holding the prosthetic heart valve device and a deployment configuration for deploying the prosthetic heart valve device, wherein the delivery capsule comprises a biasing device configured to urge at least a portion of the delivery capsule towards the containment configuration when the delivery capsule moves from the containment configuration towards the deployment configuration. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
- A system for delivering a prosthetic heart valve device for implantation at a native heart valve of a patient, the system comprising;
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