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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2020
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Jill Mendelson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michele Silver, Healdsburg, CA (US);
Michael Gloss, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Timothy Groen, Rush City, CA (US);
Paul Rothstein, Elk River, MN (US);
Jeffrey Sandstrom, Scandia, MN (US);
Phil Haarstad, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Joel Racchini, Edina, MN (US);
David Blaeser, Minneapolis, MN (US);
MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Abstract
Delivery devices for a stented prosthetic heart valve. The delivery device includes a spindle, at least one cord, and a lateral control feature. The cord is tensioned to crimp the prosthesis to a compressed condition for delivery to a target site. Tension is lessened to allow the prosthesis to self-expand. In a tethered and expanded state in which the prosthesis has self-expanded and is connected to the spindle by the cord, the lateral control feature directs the spindle to a prescribed location relative to the prosthesis appropriate for a functional evaluation of the prosthesis. In some embodiments, the spindle is directed to a center of the prosthesis; in other embodiments, the spindle is held at a commissure of the prosthesis. The lateral control features of the present disclosure assume numerous forms.