W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.

Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

Olga Baykova

David J Arcaro

Dustin V Dienno

Russell L Jacoby

Joshua C Haarer

Benjamin A Smith

Jason T Alger

Cody L Hartman

Patrick M Norris

Logan R Hagaman

Roy Manygoats, Jr

Edwin W Field

Stephen M Probert

Bill R Finney

Edward J Hoopingarner

Kevin J Derryberry

Andrew P Hilton

James D Silverman

Roy Manygoats

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

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

Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems and methods that include a self-expanding endoprosthesis having a reduced configuration and a deployed configuration. The self-expanding endoprosthesis may include a self-expanding stent element having an enlarged diameter and a graft component attached to at least a portion of the self-expanding stent element and having an enlarged diameter less than the enlarged diameter of the self-expanding stent element in the deployed configuration.

Pre-strained stent elements

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Flagstaff, AZ, United States of America

Olga Baykova