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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2014
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Gerald B. Gollinger, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
William A. Maywald, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Derrick Johnson, Orange, CA (US);
Brian S. Conklin, Orange, CA (US);
Ankita Bordoloi, Irvine, CA (US);
Da-Yu Chang, Irvine, CA (US);
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A heart valve sizer and sizer cover are provided for determining the size of a heart valve annulus. The valve sizer can include a handle, a shaft extending distally from the handle, a sizing element coupled to the distal end of the shaft, the sizing element being movable between a first retracted position and a second expanded position, and a sizer cover. The sizer cover can be formed from a continuous sheet of material configured to surround at least a portion of the sizing element of the heart valve sizer so as to guard against entanglement of the sizing element with structures of a human heart.