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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2009
Applicants:
Nasser Rafiee, Andover, MA (US);
Morgan House, Newfields, NH (US);
Nareak Douk, Lowell, MA (US);
Philipp Bonhoeffer, London, GB;
Inventors:
Nasser Rafiee, Andover, MA (US);
Morgan House, Newfields, NH (US);
Nareak Douk, Lowell, MA (US);
Philipp Bonhoeffer, London, GB;
Assignee:
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/2436 (2013.01); A61F 2/2418 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9522 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0039 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described is a delivery system for minimally invasive delivery of a self-expandable stent to a body lumen, and particularly delivery of a prosthetic valve to the right ventricular outflow tract. Also described is a method of loading a stent onto such a delivery system, and a method of delivering a self-expandable stent to a desired anatomic site.