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Methods and apparatus for performing valvuloplasty

  • US 8,579,962 B2
  • Filed: 12/20/2005
  • Issued: 11/12/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for performing valvuloplasty, the method comprising:

  • first, percutaneously delivering an expandable braid to a valvuloplasty site within a patient;

    second, expanding the expandable braid to perform the valvuloplasty;

    third, measuring foreshortening of the expandable braid during the valvuloplasty;

    fourth, determining a diameter of the expandable braid during the valvuloplasty from the foreshortening measurement; and

    fifth, allowing blood flow through the expandable braid during the valvuloplasty.

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