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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2016
Applicant:
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Philippe Marchand, Munich, DE;
David M. Taylor, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Robert Milich, Long Beach, CA (US);
David J. Evans, Irvine, CA (US);
Christopher Chia, Irvine, CA (US);
Ronaldo C. Cayabyab, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Robert Bowes, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);
Assignee:
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61M 25/06 (2006.01); A61F 2/958 (2013.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 39/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/2433 (2013.01); A61F 2/2436 (2013.01); A61M 25/0136 (2013.01); A61M 25/0662 (2013.01); A61F 2/958 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9517 (2013.01); A61M 25/005 (2013.01); A61M 25/0045 (2013.01); A61M 39/0613 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a delivery apparatus for delivering a prosthetic heart valve to a native valve site via the human vasculature without the need for a separate introducer sheath. The delivery apparatus is particularly well-suited for advancing a prosthetic valve through the aorta (i.e., in a retrograde approach) for replacing a stenotic aortic valve.