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Implant delivery and deployment system and method

  • US 8,506,623 B2
  • Filed: 07/10/2012
  • Issued: 08/13/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of delivering an implant within a heart, said implant including a shaft, a spacer configured to interact with at least a portion of at least one cusp of a heart valve to at least partially restrict a flow of blood through said heart valve in a closed position, and at least one anchor mechanism coupled to a first end region of said shaft, said method comprising:

  • providing a delivery wire having a first latch pin;

    coupling said first latch pin to a second latch pin disposed within said implant;

    advancing a distal end of a sleeve over said first and said second latch pins to prevent movement of said first and said second latch pins;

    percutaneously delivering a catheter proximate said heart;

    loading said implant and said distal end of said sleeve into said catheter; and

    advancing said implant and said distal end of said sleeve through said catheter.

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