公开(公告)号：US20230372095A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-23

申请号：US18248277

申请日：2021-10-07

Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.

Inventor： Reiss CONNOLLY ,  Niall DUFFY ,  Jim PHELAN ,  Constantin CIOBANU ,  Marc ANDERSON ,  Eoghan TWOHIG ,  Gavin MOORE ,  Michael O'CONNOR ,  Stephen MONTGOMERY ,  Gerard COONEY ,  Micheal FALLON ,  Huda KHILJI ,  David LYDON ,  Alan MCGUINN ,  Ciaran MCGUINNESS ,  Conleth MULLEN ,  Matthew NORGROVE ,  Tomas KITT

IPC: A61F2/24

CPC classification number: A61F2/2433

Abstract: A balloon catheter configured for delivery of a prosthetic heart valve is provided. The balloon catheter is configured to deploy a prosthetic heart valve through inflation. The balloon catheter is provided with a reinforcing member configured to increase the rigidity of the balloon catheter over an operational portion of the device. The increased rigidity serves to prevent damage to an introducer sheath, patient anatomy, or the prosthetic heart valve during delivery of the prosthetic heart valve.