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Profile reduction of valve implant

  • US 9,572,661 B2
  • Filed: 03/10/2011
  • Issued: 02/21/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for reducing an axial profile of a valve implant, the method comprising:

  • providing a valve implant, the valve implant having a longitudinal axis, and a delivery catheter, the delivery catheter having a central axis and a distal receiving section;

    wherein the valve implant is attached to at least one inflation tube extending through the delivery catheter;

    helically rolling the valve implant around a rolling axis that is offset at an angle of about 15 degrees to about 60 degrees with respect to the longitudinal axis to form a rolled valve implant having a rolled axis, wherein the rolled axis is the same as the rolling axis;

    aligning the rolled axis of the rolled valve implant with the central axis of the delivery catheter; and

    inserting the rolled valve implant into the distal receiving section of the delivery catheter.

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