DELIVERY APPARATUS FOR A MECHANICALLY EXPANDABLE PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE

Abstract: a delivery apparatus for implanting a prosthetic valve is disclosed. the delivery apparatus comprises at least one actuation assembly configured to actuate an actuator member of a prosthetic valve, the actuator member configured to be rotated via rotation of a head thereof to radially expand or compress a frame the prosthetic valve, the actuation assembly comprising: an outer sleeve member having a lumen, wherein a distal end portion of the sleeve member comprises internal threads; a driver member coaxially disposed within the lumen of the sleeve member, the driver member being rotatable relative to the sleeve member, wherein a distal end portion of the driver member comprises a socket configured to receive the head of the actuator member, wherein the actuation assembly is configured to be transitioned between an engaged position and a disengaged position with the frame.

Inventor(s): Eitan Atias

CPC Classification: A61F2/243 ({Deployment by mechanical expansion})

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