Patent ID: 11918460
Assignee: LAPLACE INTERVENTIONAL INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A prosthetic heart valve deployment system comprising:
an outer sheath catheter defining a first lumen;
a middle deflectable catheter slidably disposed in the first lumen and defining a second lumen, the middle deflectable catheter comprising a selectively deflectable distal end portion with at least one plane of deflection; and
an inner control catheter slidably disposed in the second lumen and including one or more control wires that configure the inner control catheter to releasably couple with a prosthetic heart valve,
wherein the inner control catheter includes a distal end portion that elastically transitions to a naturally curved configuration when the inner control catheter converts from being radially constrained to being radially unconstrained, and
wherein the distal end portion defines an interior angle of less than 135 degrees when in the naturally curved configuration.