Patent ID: 11877930
Assignee: MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A delivery device for delivering a stented prosthesis to a native heart valve, the delivery device comprising:
a handle assembly;
a shaft assembly including a lumen and a distal portion; wherein the shaft assembly is interconnected to the handle assembly and configured to releasably retain the stented prosthesis on the distal portion with a first elongate tension member;
an actuator;
a torque shaft positioned at least partially within the lumen that can be rotated independently from the distal portion in first and second directions via the actuator, the torque shaft extending along a rotational axis of the torque shaft to an axial distal end of the torque shaft, the torque shaft further comprising a longitudinal slit extending through the axial distal end of the torque shaft in a linear direction of the rotational axis in which the first elongate tension member is received, the torque shaft being configured to respectively wind and unwind the elongate tension member around the torque shaft.