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Methods and apparatuses for deploying minimally-invasive heart valves

  • US 9,572,664 B2
  • Filed: 11/23/2015
  • Issued: 02/21/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A medical assembly for replacing a native heart valve of a patient, the assembly comprising:

  • a radially expandable and collapsible prosthetic heart valve comprising a self-expandable stent body and a plurality of leaflet-forming membranes, the stent body having a proximal end and a distal end;

    a deployment mechanism configured to deploy the prosthetic heart valve within the native heart valve of the patient, the prosthetic heart valve being coupled to the deployment mechanism; and

    a storage container;

    wherein the prosthetic heart valve and the deployment mechanism are disposed in the storage container with the prosthetic heart valve in a radially expanded configuration, and the prosthetic heart valve is compressible from the radially expanded configuration to a radially contracted configuration with the deployment mechanism coupled to the prosthetic heart valve;

    wherein the prosthetic heart valve comprises a mechanical locking device configured to lock the prosthetic heart valve in a final expanded configuration inside the patient.

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