公开(公告)号：US20170196689A1

公开(公告)日：2017-07-13

申请号：US15395569

申请日：2016-12-30

Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.

Inventor： Amr Salahieh ,  Hans F. Valencia ,  Brian D. Brandt ,  Claudio Argento ,  Ulrich R. Haug ,  Jean-Pierre Dueri ,  Daniel K. Hildebrand ,  Dwight P. Morejohn ,  Tom Saul

IPC: A61F2/24 ,  A61F2/90

CPC classification number: A61F2/2427 ,  A61B17/0644 ,  A61B17/068 ,  A61B17/221 ,  A61B2017/22035 ,  A61B2017/2215 ,  A61F2/2409 ,  A61F2/2418 ,  A61F2/2433 ,  A61F2/2436 ,  A61F2/2439 ,  A61F2/90 ,  A61F2002/9534 ,  A61F2220/0008 ,  A61F2220/0016 ,  A61F2220/0025 ,  A61F2220/005 ,  A61F2220/0058 ,  A61F2230/005 ,  A61F2230/0078 ,  A61F2230/008 ,  A61F2250/001

Abstract: The present invention relates to apparatus and methods for endovascularly delivering and releasing a prosthesis, e.g., an aortic prosthesis, within and/or across a patient's native heart valve, referred to hereinafter as replacing the patient's heart valve. In some embodiments the delivery system comprises a plurality of first actuatable element adapted to engage a plurality of second elements in a first configuration to capture the implant within the delivery system, and wherein the plurality of first actuatable element are adapted to engage the plurality of second elements in a second configuration and to release the implant from the delivery system.