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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2010
Joshua Dwork, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Patrick E. Macaulay, Windsor, CA (US);
Gianfranco M. Pellegrini, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Finn O. Rinne, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Richard Spork, Sebastopol, CA (US);
Don Huy Tran, Novato, CA (US);
Nathan B. Wiemeyer, Healdsburg, CA (US);
Joshua Dwork, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Patrick E. Macaulay, Windsor, CA (US);
Gianfranco M. Pellegrini, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Finn O. Rinne, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Richard Spork, Sebastopol, CA (US);
Don Huy Tran, Novato, CA (US);
Nathan B. Wiemeyer, Healdsburg, CA (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
Delivery devices and methods for percutaneously delivering a prosthetic valve to the heart of a patient. These prosthetic valves may be configured to provide complimentary features that promote optimal placement of the prosthetic valve in a native heart valve, such as the aortic valve, mitral valve, pulmonic valve, and/or tricuspid valve. The delivery device includes a release sheath assembly housed within an outer delivery sheath. A release sheath component of the assembly captures a portion of the prosthetic valve to the delivery device, and effectuates complete release of the prosthetic valve with retraction of the outer sheath.