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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2019
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Walter Lee, Irvine, CA (US);
Mark M. Dehdashtian, Irvine, CA (US);
Teodoro S. Jimenez, Irvine, CA (US);
Gilbert S. Leung, La Verne, CA (US);
Bryan A. Janish, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Michael G. Valdez, Riverside, CA (US);
Tram Ngoc Nguyen, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Timothy C. Ulrich, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
Described herein are systems and methods from delivering prosthetic devices, such as prosthetic heart valves, through the body and into the heart for implantation therein. The prosthetic devices delivered with the delivery systems disclosed herein are, for example, radially expandable from a radially compressed state mounted on the delivery system to a radially expanded state for implantation using an inflatable balloon of the delivery system. Exemplary delivery routes through the body and into the heart include transfemoral routes, transapical routes, and transaortic routes, among others.