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Low profile transcatheter heart valve

  • US 9,974,652 B2
  • Filed: 05/19/2017
  • Issued: 05/22/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of crimping an implantable prosthetic valve, comprising:

  • positioning at least a portion of the implantable prosthetic valve within an annular deformable sleeve;

    inserting the implantable prosthetic valve and the deformable sleeve into a crimping apparatus;

    operating the crimping apparatus to crimp the implantable prosthetic valve, which causes crimping jaws of the crimping apparatus to press the deformable sleeve against a frame of the implantable prosthetic valve, thereby causing portions of the deformable sleeve to protrude into openings in the frame; and

    removing the implantable prosthetic valve from the crimping apparatus and from the deformable sleeve.

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