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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2010
Nathan Wiemeyer, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Robert Murray, Iii, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Siyan Som, Fulton, CA (US);
Susheel Deshmukh, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Nathan Wiemeyer, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Robert Murray, III, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Siyan Som, Fulton, CA (US);
Susheel Deshmukh, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A device for percutaneously delivering a stented prosthetic heart valve. The device includes an inner shaft, a delivery sheath, stability tube, and a handle. The delivery sheath is slidably disposed over the inner shaft, and includes a capsule compressively containing the prosthesis over the inner shaft. The stability tube is coaxially received over the delivery sheath, and includes a distal region. A circumferential rigidity of the capsule is greater than a circumferential rigidity of the distal region. In transitioning from a delivery state to a deployed state, the capsule is withdrawn from the prosthetic heart valve and at least partially into the distal region to permit the prosthesis to self-deploy. The capsule forces the distal region to stretch and expand in diameter.