Medtronic Vascular, Inc.

Kieran Cunningham

Patrick Griffin

Marc A Anderson

Declan P Costello

Frank Harewood

Donna Barrett

Niall F Duffy

John Gallagher

Gerry Oliver McCaffrey

Paul Devereux

Evelyn Birmingham

Frank White

Sarah E Ahlberg

Constantin Ciobanu

Bernard Patrick Mulvihill

Herinaina Rabarimanantsoa Jamous

Deirdre Bridget McGowan Smyth

Deirdre McGowan Smyth

Embodiments hereof relate to a delivery system for a transcatheter valve prosthesis, the delivery system having an integral centering mechanism to circumferentially center both the delivery system and the valve prosthesis within a vessel at the target implantation site. The centering mechanism may include expandable wings that may be selectively aligned with openings formed through a sidewall of an outer shaft of the delivery system, a coiled wing that may be selectively exposed through an opening formed through a sidewall of an outer shaft of the delivery system, a plurality of elongated filaments extending through a plurality of lumens of an outermost shaft of the delivery system that may be selectively deployed or expanded, an outer shaft that includes at least one pre-formed deflection segment formed thereon, a tool having a deployable lever arm, and/or a plurality of loops deployable via simultaneous longitudinal and rotational movement.

Delivery system having an integral centering mechanism for positioning a valve prosthesis in situ

A delivery device for implanting a prosthetic heart valve. The device includes an inner shaft assembly, an outer sheath and a connector assembly. The inner shaft assembly defines a guide wire lumen. The outer sheath is slidably received over the inner shaft assembly, and forms an exit port proximate a distal end thereof. The connector assembly establishes a guide wire passageway between the guide wire lumen and the exit port. The connector assembly is configured to permit sliding movement of the outer sheath relative to the inner shaft assembly when deploying the prosthetic heart valve. The connector assembly can include first and second tubes that are slidable relative to one another in facilitating movement of the outer sheath relative to the inner shaft assembly.

Rapid exchange transcatheter valve delivery system

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Ballybrit, Ireland

Kieran Cunningham