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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2015
Intervalve, Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US);
William J. Drasler, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Mark Ungs, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Wesley R. Pedersen, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Scott R. Schewe, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Richard C. Kravik, Champlin, MN (US);
Michael Scott Allen, Coto De Caza, CA (US);
InterValve Medical, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A bulbous valvuloplasty balloon is described that maintains its bulbous shape in its final deployed configuration along with the method of use for post dilation of a TAVR device. The bulbous balloon has two larger diameter bulb segments located on each side of a smaller diameter waist and can be used to post dilate a TAVR device that has been implanted at the site of a stenotic aortic valve. The post dilation causes deformation of the underlying tissues residing outside of the TARV stent structure.