Patent ID: 11911264
Assignee: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 22:
23. A system comprising:
a sheath having a lumen, wherein the sheath extends from a proximal end and a distal end;
a shaft disposed in the lumen of the sheath;
a prosthetic spacer device disposed in the lumen of the sheath;
wherein the prosthetic spacer device is releasably coupled to the shaft;
wherein the prosthetic spacer device comprises:
a spacer body compressible in the lumen of the sheath;
a first ventricular anchor configured to extend distally from the spacer body toward the distal end of the sheath;
a first atrial anchor;
a second ventricular anchor configured to extend distally from the spacer body toward the distal end of the sheath;
a second atrial anchor;
wherein the first ventricular anchor, the first atrial anchor, the second ventricular anchor, and the second atrial anchor are configured to hold the spacer body between a first native valve leaflet and a second native valve leaflet;

wherein retracting the sheath relative to the shaft first expels the first ventricular anchor and the second ventricular anchor from the distal end of the sheath and then expels the spacer body from the distal end of the sheath.