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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2023
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Sarah Ahlberg, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Marc Anderson, Ballybrit, IE;
Donna Barrett, Ballybrit, IE;
Evelyn Birmingham, Ballybrit, IE;
Constantin Ciobanu, Ballybrit, IE;
Kieran Cunningham, Ballybrit, IE;
Paul Devereux, Ballybrit, IE;
Niall Duffy, Ballybrit, IE;
John Gallagher, Ballybrit, IE;
Patrick Griffin, Ballybrit, IE;
Frank Harewood, Ballybrit, IE;
Gerry McCaffrey, Ballybrit, IE;
Deirdre McGowan Smyth, Ballybrit, IE;
Bernard Mulvihill, Ballybrit, IE;
Herinaina Rabarimanantsoa Jamous, Ballybrit, IE;
Frank White, Ballybrit, IE;
MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments hereof relate to a delivery system for a transcatheter valve prosthesis, the delivery system having an integral centering mechanism to circumferentially center both the delivery system and the valve prosthesis within a vessel at the target implantation site. The centering mechanism may include expandable wings that may be selectively aligned with openings formed through a sidewall of an outer shaft of the delivery system, a coiled wing that may be selectively exposed through an opening formed through a sidewall of an outer shaft of the delivery system, a plurality of elongated filaments extending through a plurality of lumens of an outermost shaft of the delivery system that may be selectively deployed or expanded, an outer shaft that includes at least one pre-formed deflection segment formed thereon, a tool having a deployable lever arm, and/or a plurality of loops deployable via simultaneous longitudinal and rotational movement.