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Preparation methods for transcatheter heart valve delivery systems

  • US 9,326,855 B2
  • Filed: 03/17/2014
  • Issued: 05/03/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of flushing a delivery device for a collapsible prosthetic heart valve, the method comprising:

  • providing a delivery device including a support shaft around which a compartment is defined, an inner shaft extending through the support shaft and adapted to slide relative to the support shaft along a longitudinal axis thereof, and a distal sheath having a distal end operatively connected to the inner shaft and a proximal end, the distal sheath being slidable with the inner shaft;

    mounting a collapsible prosthetic heart valve in the compartment;

    sliding the distal sheath to cover the compartment and the valve; and

    flushing a liquid through the compartment from a distal end of the compartment to a proximal end of the compartment.

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