US 12,186,183 B2
Prosthetic heart valve delivery apparatus
Michael J. Popp, Irvine, CA (US); David Alon, Zichron Yaacov (IL); Jun Liu, Corona, CA (US); Luca Pesce, Huntington Beach, CA (US); and Mohammad Jafari, Foothill Ranch, CA (US)
Assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/485,154.
Application 17/485,154 is a continuation of application No. 17/077,860, filed on Oct. 22, 2020, granted, now 11,129,713.
Application 17/077,860 is a continuation of application No. 16/783,005, filed on Feb. 5, 2020, granted, now 11,737,868.
Application 16/783,005 is a continuation of application No. 16/353,905, filed on Mar. 14, 2019, granted, now 11,399,934.
Application 16/353,905 is a continuation of application No. 14/794,690, filed on Jul. 8, 2015, granted, now 10,561,494, issued on Feb. 18, 2020.
Application 14/794,690 is a continuation of application No. 13/405,119, filed on Feb. 24, 2012, granted, now 9,155,619, issued on Oct. 13, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/446,972, filed on Feb. 25, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2022/0008200 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61F 2/966 (2013.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/2418 (2013.01) [A61F 2/0095 (2013.01); A61F 2/2436 (2013.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61F 2/2427 (2013.01); A61F 2/2433 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9155 (2013.01); A61F 2/9517 (2020.05); A61F 2/9522 (2020.05); A61F 2002/9665 (2013.01); A61F 2220/005 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0058 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0075 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0054 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0069 (2013.01); A61M 25/0051 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
20. A method comprising:
pressing two opposing parts of a shaft retractor toward one another to unlock the shaft retractor from a handle, wherein pressing the two opposing parts toward each other comprises forcing the two opposing parts from farther-apart positions toward closer-together positions, the two opposing parts being biased toward the farther-apart positions; and
with the shaft retractor unlocked from the handle, moving the shaft retractor away from the handle to pull an inner shaft through handle, the inner shaft being fixedly coupled to the shaft retractor;
wherein the shaft retractor, the handle, and the inner shaft are configured to be implemented in a transcatheter system for delivering a prosthetic device into a patient's body.