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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2017
Applicant:
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Inventor:
Paraic Frisby, Galway, IE;
Assignee:
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/2436 (2013.01); A61F 2/2418 (2013.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61F 2/2433 (2013.01); A61F 2/2439 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9522 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0014 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0052 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0054 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0039 (2013.01);
Abstract
Stented prosthetic heart valve crimping tools and methods, and transcatheter delivery systems for delivering a crimped prosthetic heart valve. Methods of the present disclosure include crimping or compressing a stented prosthetic heart valve via spherical compression to a spherically compressed shape, and then delivering the so-shaped prosthesis to a target site. Delivery systems carrying a spherically-compressed prosthesis have a reduced length profile as compared to conventional, elongated configurations, providing increased maneuverability and positioning.