Integrated heart valve delivery system

US10179048B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• Philippe Marchand · Munich, DE
• David M. Taylor · Lake Forest, US
• Robert Milich · Long Beach, US
• David J. Evans · Irvine, US
• Christopher Chia · Al Khobar, SA
• Ronaldo C. Cayabyab · Mission Viejo, US
• Robert Bowes · Trabuco Canyon, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 11, 2016
• Grant date: Jan 15, 2019
• Expiry date: Jan 12, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M39/0613
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a delivery apparatus for delivering a prosthetic heart valve to a native valve site via the human vasculature without the need for a separate introducer sheath. The delivery apparatus is particularly well-suited for advancing a prosthetic valve through the aorta (i.e., in a retrograde approach) for replacing a stenotic aortic valve.