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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Arash Kheradvar, Irvine, CA (US);
Gregory S. Kelley, Santee, CA (US);
Morteza Gharib, Altadena, CA (US);
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Pasadena, CA (US);
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
Improved catheter devices for delivery, repositioning and/or percutaneous retrieval of percutaneously implanted heart valves are described, including a medical device handle that provides an array of features helpful in conducting a percutaneous heart valve implantation procedure while variously enabling radial expansion or contraction and/or lateral positioning control over the heart valve during the medical procedure.