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Title:
The delivery system for cardiac valve prostheses
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP6120844
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
Described herein are systems and methods from delivering prosthetic devices, such as prosthetic heart valves, through the body and into the heart for implantation therein. The prosthetic devices delivered with the delivery systems disclosed herein are, for example, radially expandable from a radially compressed state mounted on the delivery system to a radially expanded state for implantation using an inflatable balloon of the delivery system. Exemplary delivery routes through the body and into the heart include transfemoral routes, transapical routes, and transaortic routes, among others.

Inventors:
Try Dee Tran
Ronald Kayabuyabu
David Jay Evans
Sean Chow
Christopher Cheer
Application Number:
JP2014523090A
Publication Date:
April 26, 2017
Filing Date:
July 27, 2012
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Assignee:
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
International Classes:
A61M25/10; A61F2/24; A61F2/958
Domestic Patent References:
JP2007501655A
JP2006507084A
JP2002513298A
Foreign References:
WO2011146124A1
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yasuhiko Murayama
Masatake Shiga
Takashi Watanabe
Shinya Mitsuhiro