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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2015
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Miles D. Alexander, Fremont, CA (US);
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
Described herein are implant loading and delivery systems for treating heart failure. An implant loading system may include a funnel having a flared first end and a second end, such that the flared first end is configured for receiving and collapsing the expandable implant, and a sleeve removably coupled to the second end of the funnel and configured to transfer the expandable implant to a guide catheter. The expandable device may have a foot for contacting a first interior wall portion of a heart, a support frame including a plurality of radially expandable struts, and a membrane coupled to the support frame. The expandable device may be coupled to a delivery catheter. An expansion member coupled to a distal end of the delivery catheter may apply pressure to the support frame of the expandable device to move the expandable device from a collapsed configuration to an expanded deployed configuration.