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Prosthetic heart valve system

  • US 20040024451A1
  • Filed: 01/02/2003
  • Published: 02/05/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/02/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A prosthetic heart valve system comprising:

  • a prosthetic heart valve including a stent and a plurality of stent posts extending from the stent, each of the stent posts defining a free end; and

    a deflection device for inwardly deflecting the stent post, the deflection device including;

    a line interconnecting and passing through the free ends of the stent post, a connector assembly including a tensioning component connected to the line and transitionable to a tensioning state in which the tensioning component transitions the line to inwardly deflect the stent post, the connector assembly being adapted such that the tensioning component is self-locking relative to the line in the tensioning state;

    wherein an entirety of the line extending distal the tensioning device in the tensioning state does not extend beyond the stent opposite the free ends.

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