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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2019
Edwards Lifesciences Cardiaq Llc, Irvine, CA (US);
Richard George Cartledge, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Kevin W. Smith, Coral Gables, FL (US);
Thomas O. Bales, Jr., Miami, FL (US);
Derek Dee Deville, Coral Gables, FL (US);
Korey Kline, Miami, FL (US);
Max Pierre Mendez, Miami, FL (US);
Matthew A. Palmer, Miami, FL (US);
Michael Walter Kirk, Miami, FL (US);
Carlos Rivera, Cooper City, FL (US);
Eric Petersen, Homestead, FL (US);
M. Sean McBrayer, Miami, FL (US);
Edwards Lifesciences CardiAQ LLC, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A delivery apparatus can include a handle portion and at least one rotatable drive shaft. The handle portion has an actuation mechanism. The actuation mechanism includes a motor and one or more actuators. The rotatable drive shaft has a proximal end portion and a distal end portion. The proximal end portion is coupled to the motor, and the distal end portion is configured to be releasably coupled to a prosthetic heart valve. The actuation mechanism is configured to control and monitor expansion of the prosthetic heart valve. The handle is configured for actuating the actuation mechanism, tracking a response of native tissue when the prosthetic heart valve is in contact with the native tissue, and stopping expansion of the prosthetic heart valve once a rate of change of expansion of the prosthetic heart valve declines below a threshold.