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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2011
Amr Salahieh, Saratoga, CA (US);
Hans F. Valencia, San Jose, CA (US);
Brian D. Brandt, San Jose, CA (US);
Claudio Argento, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Ulrich R. Haug, Campbell, CA (US);
Jean-pierre Dueri, Stockton, CA (US);
Daniel Hildebrand, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Dwight P. Morejohn, Davis, CA (US);
Tom Saul, El Granada, CA (US);
Amr Salahieh, Saratoga, CA (US);
Hans F. Valencia, San Jose, CA (US);
Brian D. Brandt, San Jose, CA (US);
Claudio Argento, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Ulrich R. Haug, Campbell, CA (US);
Jean-Pierre Dueri, Stockton, CA (US);
Daniel Hildebrand, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Dwight P. Morejohn, Davis, CA (US);
Tom Saul, El Granada, CA (US);
Sadra Medical, Inc., Los Gatos, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to apparatus and methods for endovascularly delivering and releasing a prosthesis, e.g., an aortic prosthesis, within and/or across a patient's native heart valve, referred to hereinafter as replacing the patient's heart valve. In some embodiments the delivery system comprises a plurality of first actuatable element adapted to engage a plurality of second elements in a first configuration to capture the implant within the delivery system, and wherein the plurality of first actuatable element are adapted to engage the plurality of second elements in a second configuration and to release the implant from the delivery system.