Back to results
US 8,506,623 B2Granted
Implant delivery and deployment system and method
AssigneeCardiosolutions, Inc.
InventorsJonathan E. Wilson, Robert J. St. John, Stephen R. Polgar
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Loading patent…
Loading patent…
AssigneeCardiosolutions, Inc.
InventorsJonathan E. Wilson, Robert J. St. John, Stephen R. Polgar
Estimating the term…
An implant delivery system comprising a catheter including at least one lumen, an implant configured for receipt in the lumen, and a latching mechanism configured for receipt in the implant. The latching mechanism may be configured to releasably couple the implant to a delivery wire and to transmit torque through the delivery wire to cause at least a portion of the implant to rotate. The an implant may comprise a shaft, a spacer configured to interact with at least a portion of at least one cusp of a heart valve to at least partially restrict a flow of blood through the heart valve in a closed position, a garage configured to couple the spacer to a first end region of the shaft, and at least one anchor mechanism. The garage may define a cavity to receive the latching mechanism and to increase rotational and translational stability of the latching mechanism.
A method of delivering an implant within a heart, said implant including a shaft, a spacer configured to interact with at least a portion of at least one cusp of a heart valve to at least partially restrict a flow of blood through said heart valve in a closed position, and at least one anchor mechanism coupled to a first end region of said shaft, said method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.