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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2012
Peter W. Gregg, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Stanley A. Carroll, San Carlos, CA (US);
Robert W. Zytkewicz, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Emma Leung, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Peter W. Gregg, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Stanley A. Carroll, San Carlos, CA (US);
Robert W. Zytkewicz, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Emma Leung, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
Techniques are described for delivering a replacement valve to a target location in a patient. In one example, a medical device system includes an implantable medical device comprising an expandable anchor, a locking member engaged to a first end of the anchor, two posts configured to engage the locking member, each of the posts being engaged to a portion of the anchor, each post defining a hole at a distal end of the post, and a fastening element extending through each hole of a respective post and being engaged to a second end of the anchor, where, in a locked configuration, the posts are secured to the locking member.