DELIVERY APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR IMPLANTING PROSTHETIC DEVICES
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Applicant
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Inventor
John J. Desrosiers
IPC Classification
CPC Classification
A shaft assembly to facilitate delivery of an implant to an implantation location within a patient's anatomy may comprise an outer shaft that is movable between an extended position to encapsulate the implant loaded onto a delivery apparatus and a retracted position to expose the implant for deployment at the implantation location at a distal end of the outer shaft. The outer shaft may be movable from the retracted position to the extended position to encapsulate the implant at least partially within the distal end of the outer shaft, the outer shaft comprising one or more flaring openings at the distal end of the outer shaft.
Original (Chinese)
A shaft assembly to facilitate delivery of an implant to an implantation location within a patient's anatomy may comprise an outer shaft that is movable between an extended position to encapsulate the implant loaded onto a delivery apparatus and a retracted position to expose the implant for deployment at the implantation location at a distal end of the outer shaft. The outer shaft may be movable from the retracted position to the extended position to encapsulate the implant at least partially within the distal end of the outer shaft, the outer shaft comprising one or more flaring openings at the distal end of the outer shaft.
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