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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2020
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Caytlin Gale, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Gary Erzberger, Plymouth, MN (US);
Kristen T. Morin, St. Paul, MN (US);
Trevor J. Springer, Stillwater, MN (US);
Jaron J. Olsoe, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Kristopher Henry Vietmeier, Monticello, MN (US);
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A delivery device is configured for aligning and stabilizing a prosthetic heart valve for deployment in a native heart valve annulus. The device includes a catheter assembly having an inner shaft around which a valve compartment is defined, an outer shaft assembled over the inner shaft and adapted to slide relative to the inner shaft, a distal sheath connected to a distal end of the outer shaft and slidable therewith, an outer tube assembled over the outer shaft, and an alignment and stabilization device having a collapsed condition and an expanded condition. The outer tube is adapted to slide relative to the outer shaft to selectively cover and uncover the alignment and stabilization device.