Title:
Stepwise deployment device and method for transcatheter heart valve delivery
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP6351662
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
A delivery device for a collapsible heart valve includes an operating handle and a catheter assembly. The operating handle includes a frame defining a movement space therein, a carriage assembly moveable in a longitudinal direction within the movement space, and a coupler having locked and unlocked conditions, the coupler being operatively connected to the carriage assembly for movement therewith. The catheter assembly includes a shaft around which a valve-receiving compartment is defined, the shaft being operatively connected to one of the frame or the carriage assembly, and a distal sheath operatively connected to the carriage assembly for movement therewith between a closed condition adapted to maintain the valve in the compartment and an open condition adapted to fully deploy the valve.
Inventors:
Bradley Sea, Nippel
One, Huisson
Thomas, Ralph Jay
Daily, Jacob Jay
One, Huisson
Thomas, Ralph Jay
Daily, Jacob Jay
Application Number:
JP2016119915A
Publication Date:
July 04, 2018
Filing Date:
June 16, 2016
Export Citation:
Assignee:
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Incorporated
International Classes:
A61F2/24
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2003334254A | ||||
| JP2010526609A | ||||
| JP2004130074A |
Foreign References:
| US20070260301 | ||||
| US5391172 | ||||
| WO2009001309A1 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Shoichi Okuyama
Arihara Koichi
Matsushima Tetsuo
Hidefumi Kawamura
Ayako Nakamura
Satoshi Morimoto
Yu Tanaka
Tokumoto Koichi
Arihara Koichi
Matsushima Tetsuo
Hidefumi Kawamura
Ayako Nakamura
Satoshi Morimoto
Yu Tanaka
Tokumoto Koichi