US 12,329,636 B2
Elliptical heart valve prostheses, delivery systems, and methods of use
Matthew Baldwin, Santa Rosa, CA (US)
Assigned to Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US)
Filed by Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/495,912.
Application 18/495,912 is a division of application No. 16/724,136, filed on Dec. 20, 2019, granted, now 11,801,131.
Prior Publication US 2024/0058121 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. A61F 2/24 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/2418 (2013.01) [A61F 2/2412 (2013.01); A61F 2/2433 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0008 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0018 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0029 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0036 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0037 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0098 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
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1. A method of deploying a substantially elliptically shaped heart valve prosthesis comprising:
loading a substantially elliptically shaped heart valve prosthesis in a radially collapsed configuration onto a delivery catheter such that a radiopaque marker of the delivery catheter is aligned with a major axis or a minor axis of the heart valve prosthesis;
positioning the delivery catheter with the heart valve prosthesis at a native heart valve;
aligning the major axis of the heart valve prosthesis with a major axis of an annulus of the native heart valve by aligning the radiopaque marker with the major axis of the annulus of the native heart valve or aligning the minor axis of the heart valve prosthesis with a minor axis of the annulus of the native heart valve by aligning the radiopaque marker with the minor axis of the annulus of the native heart valve; and
deploying the heart valve prosthesis at the annulus of the native heart valve.