Support devices for transcatheter delivery system handles

A system for delivering a device into a heart of a patient, the system comprising:

• a catheter system comprising:
• a first catheter device having a first elongated catheter shaft and a first handle component;
• and
• a second catheter device having a second elongated catheter shaft, a second handle component, and a third handle component, the third handle component configured to translate longitudinally with respect to the second handle component, the second elongated catheter shaft having a steerable distal end portion,
• wherein the second elongated catheter shaft is configured to extend through the first handle component and the first elongated catheter shaft, and
• wherein the second catheter device is configured to longitudinally translate with respect to the first catheter device;
• and
• a support device comprising:
• a first base carrying a first support configured to engage the first handle component of the first catheter device;
• a second base carrying a second support configured to engage the second handle component of the second catheter device, wherein at least a portion of the second base is on the first base, wherein the first and second supports extend away from the first and second bases, respectively;
• and
• a first translation assembly operably coupled to the first base and the second base, wherein the first translation assembly is configured to slidably translate the second base with respect to the first base, and wherein the first translation assembly is configured to longitudinally translate the second handle component with respect to and independent of the first handle component when the delivery system handle is supported by the support device.

A method for delivering a device into a heart of a patient, the method comprising:

• delivering a first distal end portion of a first catheter shaft and a second distal end portion of a second catheter shaft into the heart, wherein the second catheter shaft extends through and is longitudinally slidable with respect to the first catheter shaft;
• supporting a first handle component on a first base assembly, wherein the first handle component is coupled to a first proximal portion of the first catheter shaft;
• supporting a second handle component on a second base assembly, wherein the second handle component is coupled to a second proximal portion of the second catheter shaft;
• supporting a third handle component on a third base assembly;
• translating the second base assembly with respect to the first base assembly to longitudinally translate the second handle component with respect to the first handle component, wherein the longitudinal translation of the second handle component translates the second distal end portion of the second catheter shaft along a first plane;
• and
• translating the third base assembly with respect to the second base assembly to longitudinally translate the third handle component with respect to the first handle component and the second handle component, wherein the longitudinal translation of the third handle component translates a distal end portion of a third catheter shaft relative to the to the second distal end portion.