Medtronic Vascular, Inc.

Ciaran McGuinness

Marc A Anderson

Grainne Teresa Carroll

Paul Devereux

Paraic Frisby

Frank White

Tim Jones

Tomas Kitt

James R Keogh

Niall F Duffy

Patrick Griffin

Kevin M Mauch

Alexander J Hill

Geoffrey Orth

Benjamin Wong

Matthew Fleming

Marian Patricia Lally

Elliot J Howard

Elizabeth A Schotzko

Karl Olney

Luke Lehmann

Jeffrey Madden

Brian T McHenry

Edward Sarnowski

Embodiments hereof relate to methods of delivering a valve prosthesis to an annulus of a native valve of a heart, the native valve having chordae tendineae. A chordae management catheter is positioned within a ventricle of the heart, the chordae management catheter having a displacement component at a distal end thereof. The displacement component has an annular shape and defines a central lumen therethrough. The displacement component is radially expanded to push chordae tendineae within the ventricle radially outward. A valve delivery system is introduced into the ventricle of the heart via a ventricular wall of the heart. The valve delivery system has the valve prosthesis at a distal portion thereof. The valve delivery system is advanced through the central lumen of the radially expanded displacement component towards the annulus of the native valve of the heart. The valve prosthesis is deployed into apposition with the annulus of the native valve.

Chordae tendineae management devices for use with a valve prosthesis delivery system and methods of use thereof

Methods of transcatheter delivery of a prosthetic heart valve. A distal region of a guide member assembly is advanced into a heart of a patient. The distal region is docked to native anatomy of the heart. A delivery device, including a collapsed prosthetic heart valve, is advanced over the docked guide member assembly. The collapsed prosthetic heart valve is located at an implantation site. The prosthetic heart valve is deployed from the delivery device, and then the delivery device is removed from the patient. At least a portion of the guide member assembly is removed from the patient. In some embodiments, the docking structure is docked to one or more of native mitral valve leaflets, chordae in the left ventricle, or walls of the left ventricle as part of a transseptal mitral valve delivery procedure.

Prosthetic heart valve delivery systems and methods

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Roscommon, Ireland

Ciaran McGuinness