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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2019
Applicant:
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventor:
Darshin S. Patel, San Juan Capistrano, CA (US);
Assignee:
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61F 2/966 (2013.01); A61M 25/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/2436 (2013.01); A61F 2/2427 (2013.01); A61F 2/966 (2013.01); A61F 2230/005 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0069 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0681 (2013.01);
Abstract
A delivery system for delivering a stent-mounted heart valve, or other implant, through an introducer sheath. The delivery system includes an elongate catheter supporting a capsule. The capsule contains the stent-mounted heart valve in the crimped condition. The capsule includes a protrusion extending from its outer surface for urging the sheath away from the outer surface capsule as it moves therethrough, thereby reducing an average peak push force resulting from advancement of the capsule through the sheath.