US 11,938,023 B2
Valve delivery device
Cathleen A. Bergin, Hugo, MN (US); and Timothy R. Ryan, Minnetrista, MN (US)
Assigned to Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on Nov. 6, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/091,772.
Application 13/249,944 is a division of application No. 11/357,224, filed on Feb. 17, 2006, granted, now 8,057,538, issued on Nov. 15, 2011.
Application 17/091,772 is a continuation of application No. 16/020,300, filed on Jun. 27, 2018, granted, now 10,864,077.
Application 16/020,300 is a continuation of application No. 15/235,529, filed on Aug. 12, 2016, granted, now 10,028,828, issued on Jul. 24, 2018.
Application 15/235,529 is a continuation of application No. 13/249,944, filed on Sep. 30, 2011, granted, now 9,421,093, issued on Aug. 23, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/654,116, filed on Feb. 18, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2021/0052381 A1, Feb. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 2/24 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/2427 (2013.01) [A61F 2/2409 (2013.01); A61F 2/2412 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0097 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A prosthetic heart valve delivery device comprising:
a tensioner;
a valve holder comprising a valve engagement member,
a tension member operatively coupled to the tensioner, wherein the tensioner is configured to apply tension to the tension member, wherein the tension member is configured to extend from the tensioner to a prosthetic heart valve, wherein the prosthetic heart valve comprises at least two commissure elements, wherein the tension member is configured to draw the commissure elements closer together when tension is applied to the tension member, wherein the tensioner includes a rotatable spool, and wherein the rotatable spool is configured to rotate in a first direction to draw portions of the prosthetic heart valve closer together.