US 12,440,331 B2
Methods for controlled heart valve delivery
John J. Desrosiers, San Clemente, CA (US); Amanda Kristine Anderson White, Mountain View, CA (US); Michael R. Bialas, Lake Forest, CA (US); Gilbert Madrid, Dana Point, CA (US); Michael J. Popp, Irvine, CA (US); Thanh V. Nguyen, Irvine, CA (US); Jun Liu, Corona, CA (US); Asher L. Metchik, Rolling Hills Estates, CA (US); and Darshin S. Patel, Lake Forest, CA (US)
Assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/464,234.
Application 18/464,234 is a continuation of application No. 17/347,446, filed on Jun. 14, 2021, granted, now 11,779,460.
Application 17/347,446 is a continuation of application No. 16/378,307, filed on Apr. 8, 2019, granted, now 11,033,387, issued on Jun. 15, 2021.
Application 16/378,307 is a continuation of application No. 15/351,823, filed on Nov. 15, 2016, granted, now 10,265,169, issued on Apr. 23, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/258,973, filed on Nov. 23, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0414350 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/24 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/243 (2013.01) [A61F 2/2418 (2013.01); A61F 2/2436 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0033 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A prosthetic implant delivery assembly comprising:
a prosthetic implant comprising a plurality of apices with apertures formed therein, wherein each apex of the plurality of apices is circumferentially-spaced apart relative to an adjacent apex; and
an elongate catheter comprising a plurality of arms and a plurality of locking elements, wherein each of the arms comprises an opening configured to receive a respective apex of the prosthetic implant, wherein each of the locking elements is configured to extend through the aperture of a respective apex of the prosthetic implant, and wherein a length of at least one of the locking elements is different than a length of another locking element such that when the prosthetic implant is coupled to the catheter by the locking elements, a longitudinal axis of the prosthetic implant can be held at a tilted position relative to a longitudinal axis of the catheter.