W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.

Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

Benjamin A Smith

David J Arcaro

Dustin V Dienno

Cody L Hartman

Roy Manygoats, Jr

Russell L Jacoby

Joshua C Haarer

Jason T Alger

Olga Baykova

Patrick M Norris

James L Goepfrich

Kyle W Colavito

Logan R Hagaman

Ryan S Titone

Edwin W Field

Stephen M Probert

Michael J Shepard

Joshua A Sprinkle

Bill R Finney

Ryan D Smith

Kevin J Derryberry

Andrew P Hilton

Edward J Hoopingarner

Roy Manygoats

Edward H Cully

Jeffrey B Duncan

Daniel S Cole

Stephen Probert

Various examples relate to a transcatheter delivery system including a sheath, a delivery catheter, and an implantable device (e.g., a prosthetic valve, a stent, a stent graft, occluder, or vascular filter) maintained in a collapsed configuration by the delivery catheter. The delivery catheter includes a plurality of fiber guides separated by one or more reduced profile sections each having a smaller transverse outer profile than the transverse outer profiles of the fiber guides.

Transcatheter deployment systems and associated methods

Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems (), and methods for deploying a medical device (). In certain instances, the medical device () may be a shunt device. In addition, the apparatuses, systems (), and methods may include one or more constraining lines () arranged through a portion of the implantable medical device () and one or more release lines () configured to engage the one or more constraining lines ().

Implantable medical device deployment system

Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods that include a prosthetic valve. The prosthetic valve may include a jacket configured to cover at least one of gaps, spaces, or interfaces in a frame or between one or more leaflets attached to the frame.

Jacket for surgical heart valve

Aspects of the disclosure relate to prosthetic valves having a frame, a frame cover, and a leaflet construct. Some aspects are directed to a diametric taper for the prosthetic valve for achieving enhanced performance of the prosthetic valve under operational conditions, enhanced compressibility and delivery characteristics, and other additional or alternative advantages. Other aspects are directed toward unique assembly and attachment methods for securing leaflet constructs to support structures. Other aspects are directed toward features for interacting with transcatheter delivery systems. Still other aspects are directed to such apparatuses, systems, and methods for valve replacement, such as cardiac valve replacement.

Prosthetic valve with expandable frame and associated systems and methods

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Flagstaff, AZ, United States of America

Benjamin A Smith