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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2016
Applicant:
Medtronic 3f Therapeutics, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Andrzej M. Malewicz, Minneapolis, MN (US);
David Elizondo, Plymouth, MN (US);
Matthew W. Weston, Roseville, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic 3F Therapeutics, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 (2006.01); B25B 27/10 (2006.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/2436 (2013.01); A61F 2/2439 (2013.01); B25B 27/10 (2013.01); A61F 2/2418 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9517 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9522 (2013.01);
Abstract
A delivery device for a stented heart valve comprises a handle, an elongate shaft extending from a distal end of the handle, and a conical housing having a proximal end coupled to the elongate shaft and an open distal end, the conical housing having a conical lumen therein with a first internal diameter adjacent to the proximal end of the conical housing and a larger second internal diameter adjacent to the open distal end of the conical housing.