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DELIVERY SYSTEM HAVING RETRACTABLE WIRES AS A COUPLING MECHANISM AND A DEPLOYMENT MECHANISM FOR A SELF-EXPANDING PROSTHESIS

  • US 20170165062A1
  • Filed: 12/14/2015
  • Published: 06/15/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A delivery system for transcatheter implantation of a heart valve prosthesis comprising:

  • an outer sheath component defining a lumen therethrough;

    an elongate tube having at least two wires longitudinally extending from a distal end thereof, the elongate tube and the at least two wires being slidably disposed within the lumen of the outer sheath component;

    an inner shaft slidably disposed within the elongate tube; and

    self-expanding first and second frames disposed in series within a distal portion of the outer sheath component and held in a compressed delivery configuration therein, the first frame being distal of the second frame and a proximal end of the second frame being attached to the inner shaft to be slidable therewith,wherein in the compressed delivery configuration the at least two wires longitudinally extend along exterior portions of the first and second frames and are woven through adjacent ends of the first and second frames to releasably couple them to each other.

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