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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2014
Medtronic Vascular Galway, Ballybrit, Galway, IE;
Marian Creaven, Ballybrit, IE;
Marc Anderson, Ballybrit, IE;
Kate Corish, Ballybrit, IE;
Declan Costello, Ballybrit, IE;
Niall Duffy, Ballybrit, IE;
Joshua Dwork, Santa Rosa, CA;
John Gallagher, Ballybrit, IE;
Patrick Griffin, Ballybrit, IE;
Gavin Kenny, Ballybrit, IE;
Deirdre McGowan Smyth, Ballybrit, IE;
John Milroy, Ballybrit, IE;
Jason Quill, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Herinaina Rabarimanantsoa Jamous, Ballybrit, IE;
Paul Rothstein, Elk River, MN (US);
Jeffrey Sandstrom, Scandia, MN (US);
Edmond Sheahan, Ballybrit, IE;
Frank White, Ballybrit, IE;
Medtronic Vascular Galway, Galway, IE;
Abstract
A heart valve therapy system including a delivery device and a stented valve. The delivery device includes an outer sheath, an inner shaft, an optional hub assembly, and a plurality of tethers. In a delivery state, a stent frame of the prosthesis is crimped over the inner shaft and maintained in a compressed condition by the outer sheath. The tethers are connected to the stent frame. In a partial deployment state, the outer sheath is at least partially withdrawn, allowing the stent frame to self-expand. Tension in the tethers prevents the stent frame from rapidly expanding and optionally allowing recapture. Upon completion of the stent frame expansion, the tethers are withdrawn.