Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

Alyssa Joy Gross

Alexander H Cooper

Tri D Tran

Darshin S Patel

Sean Chow

Kevin D Rupp

Tram Ngoc Nguyen

Jun Liu

Hamid Rafi

Uy D Trinh

Evan T Schwartz

Yuanlong Du

Chambory Chhe

Jocelyn Chau

Kurt Kelly Reed

Jason Seng-Che Lam

Ngoc Huong Thi Nguyen

Hannah Reed Bettencourt

Corey Maurice Marshall

Duc Hong Nguyen

Systems, assemblies, and methods for treating valve regurgitation and other valve problems are described. Prosthetic valves can have integrated coverings or flanges. Prosthetic valves can have a flange attached to the inflow end of the annular frame and designed to extend outwardly therefrom. Docking devices can be used to repair or reshape native heart valves and to secure prosthetic heart valves at a specific location and position relative to a native heart valve. Delivery systems can be used to deploy a docking device into the heart, including a lubricous sleeve in the delivery system. Packaging and storage systems suitable for the delivery systems are described.

Systems, devices, and methods for treating heart valves

A delivery assembly comprises a delivery apparatus and a prosthetic valve releasably connected to a cord-retaining device of the delivery apparatus by a plurality of cords or tethers. The cords desirably have a multi-stranded construction formed from a plurality of strands of material. The multi-stranded construction can be, for example, a braided construction, a twisted construction, or a whip-stitch construction. The multi-stranded construction can include integral openings along opposing end portions of each cord. Each cord can extend through an aperture in an apex of the frame of the prosthetic valve or around an apex with one end portion of the cord being retained on the cord-retaining device and another end portion of the cord being retained on a slideable release member of the delivery apparatus.

Delivery apparatus for a prosthetic valve

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Huntington Beach, CA, United States of America

Alyssa Joy Gross