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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2023
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
John J. Desrosiers, San Clemente, CA (US);
Amanda Kristine Anderson White, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael R. Bialas, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Gilbert Madrid, Dana Point, CA (US);
Michael J. Popp, Irvine, CA (US);
Thanh V. Nguyen, Irvine, CA (US);
Jun Liu, Corona, CA (US);
Asher L. Metchik, Rolling Hills Estates, CA (US);
Darshin S. Patel, Lake Forest, CA (US);
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A prosthetic implant delivery assembly includes a prosthetic implant and a catheter. The prosthetic implant includes a plurality of apices with apertures. Each apex of the plurality of apices is circumferentially-spaced apart relative to an adjacent apex. The catheter includes a plurality of arms and a plurality of locking elements. Each of the arms includes an opening configured to receive a respective apex of the prosthetic implant. Each of the locking elements is configured to extend through the aperture of a respective apex of the prosthetic implant. A length of at least one of the locking elements is different than a length of another locking element such that when the prosthetic implant is coupled to the catheter by the locking elements, a longitudinal axis of the prosthetic implant can be held at a tilted position relative to a longitudinal axis of the catheter.