US 12,295,584 B2
Systems and methods for delivering an implantable device
Miles D. Alexander, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/530,731.
Application 16/997,793 is a division of application No. 15/559,680, granted, now 10,751,064, issued on Aug. 25, 2020, previously published as PCT/US2016/022863, filed on Mar. 17, 2016.
Application 18/530,731 is a continuation of application No. 16/997,793, filed on Aug. 19, 2020, granted, now 11,864,771.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/136,248, filed on Mar. 20, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2024/0099722 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/12122 (2013.01) [A61B 17/12172 (2013.01); A61B 17/12177 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0053 (2013.01); A61B 2017/12054 (2013.01); A61B 2217/007 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A delivery system for an implantable device, the system comprising:
a delivery catheter comprising a tubular body having a proximal end and a distal end and an interior lumen, wherein the delivery catheter is configured to couple to the implantable device;
a sleeve defining a lumen configured to receive the delivery catheter and the implantable device coupled thereto;
a first fluid delivery port positioned on the delivery catheter and in fluid communication with the interior lumen of the delivery catheter; and
a guide catheter comprising a tubular body having a proximal end configured to connect to the sleeve and for the delivery catheter to be inserted into from the sleeve, a distal end, an interior lumen configured to receive the delivery catheter, and a second fluid delivery port positioned on the guide catheter and in fluid communication with the interior lumen of the guide catheter and configured to be in fluid communication with the interior lumen of the delivery catheter and the first fluid delivery port when the delivery catheter is positioned within the interior lumen of the guide catheter, and
wherein the second fluid delivery port is configured to aspirate gas from the interior lumen of the guide catheter while fluid is delivered through the first fluid delivery port, or the first fluid delivery port is configured to aspirate gas from the interior lumen of the delivery catheter while fluid is delivered through the second fluid delivery port.