Suture deployment of prosthetic heart valve

US12257149B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• Arvin Chang · Yorba Linda, US
• Yair A. Neumann · Afula, IL
• Gil Senesh · Migdal HaEmek, IL
• Hernan Altman · Kiryat Tivon, IL
• Scott Pool · Laguna Hills, US
• Hannah Gibson · Hatfield, GB
• Amanda Kristine Anderson White · Menlo Park, US
• Peter P. Tran · Irvine, US
• Ly Th Phan · Irvine, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 29, 2023
• Grant date: Mar 25, 2025
• Expiry date: Sep 29, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2/2436
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A delivery apparatus for a medical device can include a handle, a shaft, a plurality of sleeves, and a suture. The shaft includes a proximal end portion coupled to the handle and is configured to be disposed outside of a patient's body during an implantation procedure and a distal end portion configured to be disposed inside a patient's body during the implantation procedure. Each of the sleeves includes a connection portion coupled to the distal end portion of the shaft and a receiving portion configured to receive an apex of a stent or a prosthetic heart valve. The suture extends through the shaft and the sleeves and is configured for releasably securing the stent or the prosthetic heart valve to the receiving portions of the sleeves.