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

  • US 20170165065A1
  • 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 defining a lumen and 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;

    a valve prosthesis having a self-expanding valve frame with a prosthetic valve component secured therein;

    a self-expanding docking frame, wherein the docking frame is disposed distal of the valve prosthesis when each is held in a compressed delivery configuration within a distal portion of the outer sheath component andwherein in the compressed delivery configuration the at least two wires longitudinally extend along exterior portions of the valve frame and the docking frame and are woven through adjacent distal and proximal ends of the valve frame and the docking frame, respectively, to releasably couple them to each other.

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