Low crossing profile delivery catheter for cardiovascular prosthetic implant
AssigneeDFM Corporation
InventorsKevin C. Robin, Do Uong, Gordon B. Bishop
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Abstract
A delivery catheter and a method for deploying a cardiovascular prosthetic implant using a minimally invasive procedure are disclosed. The delivery catheter comprises an elongate, flexible catheter body having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the distal end has an outer diameter of 18 French or less, a cardiovascular prosthetic implant at the distal end of the catheter body, wherein the cardiovascular prosthetic implant comprises an inflatable cuff and a tissue valve coupled to the inflatable cuff, and at least one link between the catheter body and the cardiovascular prosthetic implant.
Claims9
1-14. (canceled)
A method of deploying a cardiovascular prosthetic implant, the method comprising the steps of:
- translumenally advancing a catheter having a distal portion with a diameter of 18 French and carrying a cardiovascular prosthetic implant with a tissue valve having a thickness of at least about 0.011 inches to a position proximate a native valve of a patient, wherein the cardiovascular prosthetic implant comprises an inflatable cuff, a tissue valve coupled to the inflatable cuff;
- inflating the inflatable cuff fully with a hardenable inflation media;
- and
- removing the catheter from the patient, leaving the hardenable inflation media in the cardiovascular prosthetic implant within the patient
(canceled)
A method of deploying a cardiovascular prosthetic implant, the method comprising the steps of:
- translumenally advancing a catheter having a distal portion with a diameter of 18 French and carrying a cardiovascular prosthetic implant with a tissue valve having a thickness of at least about 0.011 inches to a position proximate a native valve of a patient;
- and
- deploying the cardiovascular prosthetic implant within the patient;
- and
- removing the catheter from the patient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.