Patent ID: 11857416
Assignee: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 17:
18. An assembly, comprising:
an outer sheath;
a first shaft extending through the outer sheath;
a second shaft extending through the first shaft;
a nose cone mounted on a distal end portion of the second shaft;
a connector assembly comprising a proximal connector portion and a distal connector portion, the proximal connector portion being fixedly coupled to a distal end of first shaft, the distal connector portion being rotatably coupled to the proximal connector portion by at least a pin retained within a slot in the distal connector portion, wherein the slot has an oversized circumferential dimension that allows limited rotation of the distal connector portion relative to the proximal connector portion about a longitudinal axis of the first shaft, limited tilting of the distal connector portion with respect to the longitudinal axis, and limited axial movement of the distal connector portion relative to the proximal connector portion in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis, wherein the distal connector portion comprises one or more attachment features; and
a radially expandable and compressible prosthetic heart valve retained in a radially compressed state within the sheath and having one or more retaining arms that engage respective attachment features of the distal connector portion.