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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2016
Applicant:
Hlt, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Inventor:
John P. Gainor, Mendota Heights, MN (US);
Assignee:
HLT, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/2418 (2013.01); A61F 2/2409 (2013.01); A61F 2/2412 (2013.01); A61F 2/2427 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0075 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0091 (2013.01);
Abstract
A prosthetic valve assembly that includes a stent, a tissue sleeve and an anchoring mechanism. By loading the three components of the valve assembly into a delivery catheter in a series formation, such that no two components are located within each other, the size of the delivery catheter can be reduced.