DELIVERY APPARATUSES FOR MEDICAL DEVICE IMPLANTS

Abstract: a delivery apparatus for a medical device implant can include an outer catheter and a flexible delivery catheter. the outer catheter can have an axially extending shaft and a first lumen extending co-axially through the axially extending shaft. the flexible delivery catheter can have an elongate shaft having a flexible section extending along a distal portion of the elongate shaft, and the flexible section of the elongate shaft can be positioned or adjusted between a first, delivery configuration and a second, activated configuration. the delivery catheter can have a pull wire extending co-axially through a second lumen axially extending through the elongate shaft. a distal end of the pull wire can be fixedly secured or attached to the distal end of the elongate shaft.

Inventor(s): David Maimon, Hernan Altman

CPC Classification: A61F2/2409 ({Support rings therefor, e.g. for connecting valves to tissue (annuloplasty rings )})

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