Patent ID: 11864998
Assignee: MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 9:
10. A delivery system for implanting a stented prosthetic heart valve, the system comprising:
a delivery device including:
a handle,
an inner shaft assembly extending from the handle and including an intermediate shaft and a valve retainer, the valve retainer terminating at a proximal face that is attached to, and in contact with, the intermediate shaft, the inner shaft assembly defining a guide wire lumen,
an outer sheath assembly including a capsule slidably received over the inner shaft assembly such that the outer sheath assembly is configured to slide relative to the intermediate shaft, wherein the capsule is configured to compressibly retain a stented prosthetic heart valve,
a guide wire exit port proximal of the capsule and distal of the handle, the guide wire exit port being open to the guide wire lumen, wherein a radial axis extending radially from, and perpendicular to, the inner shaft assembly intersects the intermediate shaft and the guide wire exit port,
a first support body along an exterior of the outer sheath assembly proximal of the guide wire exit port; and

a guide wire slidably received through the guide wire lumen, the guide wire exit port, and the first support body.