US 11,737,868 B2
Prosthetic heart valve delivery apparatus
Michael J. Popp, Irvine, CA (US); David Alon, Zichron Yaacov (IL); Jun Liu, Corona, CA (US); Luca Pesce, Huntington Beach, CA (US); and Mohammad Jafari, Foothill Ranch, CA (US)
Assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 5, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/783,005.
Application 16/783,005 is a continuation of application No. 16/353,905, filed on Mar. 14, 2019, granted, now 11,399,934.
Application 16/353,905 is a continuation of application No. 14/794,690, filed on Jul. 8, 2015, granted, now 10,561,494.
Application 14/794,690 is a continuation of application No. 13/405,119, filed on Feb. 24, 2012, granted, now 9,155,619, issued on Oct. 13, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/446,972, filed on Feb. 25, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2020/0170793 A1, Jun. 4, 2020
Int. Cl. A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61F 2/966 (2013.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/2427 (2013.01) [A61F 2/0095 (2013.01); A61F 2/2418 (2013.01); A61F 2/2433 (2013.01); A61F 2/2436 (2013.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61F 2/9517 (2020.05); A61F 2/9522 (2020.05); A61F 2002/9155 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9665 (2013.01); A61F 2220/005 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0058 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0075 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0054 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0069 (2013.01); A61M 25/0051 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
17. A handle for a prosthetic heart valve delivery apparatus, the handle comprising:
a housing configured to be hand-held by a user and comprising a distal opening;
a motorized mechanism disposed within the housing and configured to be releasably coupled to a proximal end portion of a first shaft of the prosthetic heart valve delivery apparatus, wherein when actuated, the motorized mechanism is configured to rotate the first shaft relative to the housing; and
a holding mechanism disposed inside the housing and configured to engage a proximal end portion of a second shaft of the prosthetic heart valve delivery apparatus such that the second shaft is axially and rotationally fixed relative to the housing, wherein the first shaft extends through the second shaft.