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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2010
Padraig J. Savage, Dromcollogher, IE;
Gianfranco M. Pellegrini, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Finn O. Rinne, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Matthew J. Rust, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Padraig J. Savage, Dromcollogher, IE;
Gianfranco M. Pellegrini, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Finn O. Rinne, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Matthew J. Rust, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A delivery system for percutaneously deploying a stented prosthetic heart valve. The system includes a delivery capsule and a recapture assembly. The capsule is configured to compressively retain the prosthesis. The recapture assembly includes a frame and sleeve attached to the frame. The recapture assembly is transitionable from a compressed arrangement to an expanded arrangement with a distally increasing diameter.