Patent ID: 11957578
Assignee: SYNECOR LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method of percutaneously delivering a replacement tricuspid valve to a heart, comprising:
positioning a cable such that a first end of the cable extends out of a venous vasculature via a percutaneous opening superior to the heart, and such that a second end of the cable extends out of the venous vasculature via a percutaneous opening inferior to the heart;
positioning an eyelet disposed at a distal end of an eyelet device over the first end of the cable;
positioning a tricuspid valve delivery device over the second end of the cable, the tricuspid valve delivery device carrying a replacement tricuspid valve;
advancing the tricuspid valve delivery device through an inferior vena cava into a right atrium;
advancing the distal end of the eyelet device, with the cable extending through the eyelet, through a tricuspid valve annulus and into contact with a right ventricle, such that a portion of the cable extends into the right ventricle;
while maintaining contact between the distal end of the eyelet device and the right ventricle, advancing the tricuspid valve delivery device, wherein the portion of cable extending into the right ventricle applies a force to a distal nose of the tricuspid valve delivery device, said force steering the distal nose into the tricuspid valve annulus;
using the tricuspid valve delivery device, expanding the replacement tricuspid valve within the tricuspid valve annulus; and
removing the eyelet device and the cable from the heart.