US 12,186,181 B2
Balloon cover for a delivery apparatus for an expandable prosthetic heart valve
Michael C. Murad, Lake Mathews, CA (US); Gonzalo German Angelico, Irvine, CA (US); and Michael R. Bialas, Lake Forest, CA (US)
Assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/113,477.
Application 18/113,477 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2021/047068, filed on Aug. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/138,890, filed on Jan. 19, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/069,567, filed on Aug. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0190464 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61B 50/30 (2016.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61F 2/958 (2013.01)
CPC A61F 2/24 (2013.01) [A61B 50/30 (2016.02); A61F 2/2418 (2013.01); A61F 2/2436 (2013.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61F 2/2433 (2013.01); A61F 2/9517 (2020.05); A61F 2002/9583 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0025 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0075 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0002 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0098 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A balloon cover for a delivery apparatus, comprising:
a first shell member and a second shell member that are configured to matingly engage with each other, wherein each of the first shell member and the second shell member includes a first portion and a second portion, the second portion having a larger width than the first portion, the width defined in a direction perpendicular to a central longitudinal axis of the balloon cover;
wherein the first portion of the first shell member and the first portion of the second shell member define a first cavity that is configured to receive a distal end portion of the delivery apparatus and at least a portion of an inflatable balloon mounted on the distal end portion of the delivery apparatus; and
wherein the second portion of the first shell member and the second portion of the second shell member define a second cavity that is configured to receive a positioning device mounted on the distal end portion of the delivery apparatus, proximal to a valve mounting portion of the distal end portion of the delivery apparatus.