US 12,268,604 B2
System and method for deflecting a delivery catheter
Niall Duffy, Galway (IE)
Assigned to Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US)
Filed by Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/527,425.
Application 17/497,412 is a division of application No. 16/222,158, filed on Dec. 17, 2018, granted, now 11,141,269, issued on Oct. 12, 2021.
Application 16/222,158 is a division of application No. 14/820,633, filed on Aug. 7, 2015, granted, now 10,154,905, issued on Dec. 18, 2018.
Application 18/527,425 is a continuation of application No. 17/497,412, filed on Oct. 8, 2021, granted, now 11,865,000.
Prior Publication US 2024/0115384 A1, Apr. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61F 2/966 (2013.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/2436 (2013.01) [A61F 2/966 (2013.01); A61M 25/0052 (2013.01); A61M 25/008 (2013.01); A61M 25/0141 (2013.01); A61M 25/0144 (2013.01); A61M 25/0147 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0018 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0029 (2013.01); A61M 2025/015 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A catheter comprising:
a sheath; and
a capsule disposed at a distal portion of the sheath, the capsule configured for retaining a prosthesis therein,
wherein the capsule includes exactly two longitudinal splines, the exactly two longitudinal splines consisting of a first spline and a second spline,
wherein the first spline and the second spline each curves from a first orientation at a first end of the capsule to a second orientation at a second end of the capsule different from the first orientation.