Patent ID: 11872131
Assignee: CARDIOVALVE LTD.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 17:
18. The method according to claim 10, wherein:
advancing the implant disposed within the capsule, the tubular frame compressed around the balloon, comprises advancing the implant disposed within the capsule, the tubular frame compressed around a body balloon-portion of the balloon;
the distal portion of the delivery tool includes one or more projections, each of the projections having a base-portion and a tip-portion;
advancing the distal portion of the delivery tool comprises advancing the distal portion of the delivery tool while the one or more projections extend, from the shaft, over at least a downstream balloon-portion of the balloon toward the tubular frame, such that the tip-portion of each of the projections is closer than its corresponding base-portion to the tubular frame; and
pressing the flanges against the downstream surface by moving the implant in the upstream direction comprises pushing the implant in the upstream direction by pushing the tip-portions against the tubular frame.