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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2020
Applicant:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventor:
Richard S. Ginn, Gilroy, CA (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 8/06 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/01 (2006.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61M 25/06 (2006.01); A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/2433 (2013.01); A61B 5/065 (2013.01); A61B 8/06 (2013.01); A61F 2/012 (2020.05); A61F 2/014 (2020.05); A61F 2/2436 (2013.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61M 25/0023 (2013.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61M 25/1002 (2013.01); A61B 2090/3966 (2016.02); A61F 2/011 (2020.05); A61F 2002/018 (2013.01); A61F 2002/061 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0057 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0061 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0021 (2013.01); A61F 2250/001 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0039 (2013.01); A61M 25/0662 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0024 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for deploying a medical device such as a heart valve to a desired location in a blood vessel comprising first deploying a tubular filter adjacent to at least one tributary vessel location with a filter deployment member, disengaging said deployment member and removing it, inserting an expandable sheath into the blood vessel, passing a medical device through said sheath to deploy its removing said sheath and removing said filter.