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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2010
Teodoro S. Jimenez, Irvine, CA (US);
Walter Lee, Irvine, CA (US);
Mark Dehdashtian, Irvine, CA (US);
Kristopher Yee, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Teodoro S. Jimenez, Irvine, CA (US);
Walter Lee, Irvine, CA (US);
Mark Dehdashtian, Irvine, CA (US);
Kristopher Yee, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A delivery system for delivering a prosthetic heart valve to the aortic valve annulus. The system includes a delivery catheter having a steering mechanism thereon for delivering a balloon-expandable prosthetic heart valve to the aortic annulus in an antegrade fashion through an introducer passing into the left ventricle through its apex. The introducer may have a more floppy distal section than a proximal section to reduce trauma to the heart wall. The delivery catheter includes a deflecting segment just proximal to a distal balloon to facilitate positioning of the prosthetic heart valve in the proper orientation within the annulus. A trigger in a catheter handle may be coupled to a deflection wire that actuates the deflecting segment, while a slider in the handle controls retraction of a valve pusher. A pre-dilation valvuloplasty procedure may also be utilized.