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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2023
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Arvin T. Chang, Yorba Linda, CA (US);
Yair A. Neumann, Moshav Sede Varburg, IL;
Gil Senesh, Adi, IL;
Hernan Altman, Kiryat Tivon, IL;
Scott Louis Pool, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Hannah Gibson, San Diego, CA (US);
Amanda Kristine Anderson White, Mountain View, CA (US);
Peter Phong Tran, Irvine, CA (US);
Ly Th Phan, Irvine, CA (US);
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A delivery apparatus for a medical device can include a handle, a shaft, a plurality of sleeves, and a suture. The shaft includes a proximal end portion coupled to the handle and is configured to be disposed outside of a patient's body during an implantation procedure and a distal end portion configured to be disposed inside a patient's body during the implantation procedure. Each of the sleeves includes a connection portion coupled to the distal end portion of the shaft and a receiving portion configured to receive an apex of a stent or a prosthetic heart valve. The suture extends through the shaft and the sleeves and is configured for releasably securing the stent or the prosthetic heart valve to the receiving portions of the sleeves.