DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF IMPLANTATION FOR PROSTHETIC HEART VALVES
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Abstract
A delivery system for delivering an implantable stented device to a lumen of a patient, the delivery system including an elongated body having a proximal end and a distal end, a driver mechanism positioned at the proximal end of the elongated body, an elongated threaded rod located axially distal to the driver mechanism, and a sheath including an elongated tubular portion having a hollow interior portion with a first diameter that is sized for compression and retention of the implantable stented device in a compressed configuration for delivery to a body lumen.
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34 Claims
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21. A delivery system for delivering an implantable stented device to a lumen of a patient, the delivery system comprising:
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a plurality of elongated stent engagement elements, wherein each stent engagement element includes a stent engagement portion for engagement with the implantable stented device; a plurality of elongated sleeves, wherein each elongated sleeve surrounds a respective elongated stent engagement element, wherein the plurality of elongated sleeves and elongated stent engagement elements include a first position wherein each elongated sleeve surrounds a respective one of the stent engagement portions and a portion of the implantable stented device and a second position wherein each elongated sleeve is spaced proximally of the respective stent engagement portion; an elongated sheath comprising a hollow interior portion, wherein with the elongated stent engagement elements and the elongated sleeves in the second position, the elongated sheath is configured such that advancement of the elongated sheath distally causes the stent engagement portions to move relative to a central longitudinal axis of the delivery system to disengage the stent engagement portions from the implantable stented device. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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