SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING A MEDICAL IMPLANT
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Abstract
The present invention relates to apparatus and methods for endovascularly delivering and releasing a prosthesis, e.g., an aortic prosthesis, within and/or across a patient'"'"'s native heart valve, referred to hereinafter as replacing the patient'"'"'s heart valve. In some embodiments the delivery system comprises a plurality of first actuatable element adapted to engage a plurality of second elements in a first configuration to capture the implant within the delivery system, and wherein the plurality of first actuatable element are adapted to engage the plurality of second elements in a second configuration and to release the implant from the delivery system.
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19 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. A replacement heart valve system, comprising:
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a replacement heart valve implant including an expandable anchor member and a plurality of valve leaflets; a delivery catheter; and an elongate inner member axially movably disposed within the delivery catheter, the inner member including a plurality of fingers extending distally therefrom; wherein the plurality of fingers each include an implant interface for releasably capturing a portion of the expandable anchor member. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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