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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Inventors:
Pu Zhou, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Huisun Wang, Maple Grove, MN (US);
James Q. Feng, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Assignee:
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61F 2/966 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/2427 (2013.01); A61F 2/2436 (2013.01); A61F 2/966 (2013.01);
Abstract
A heart valve delivery system includes a low-profile catheter having an outer sheath, the outer sheath having therein a stent and a replacement heart valve. In an unemployed configuration, the stent is located distally to the replacement heart valve. Upon deployment, however, the stent and replacement heart valve are expanded and the replacement heart valve is situated within the stent.