Patent ID: 11877925
Assignee: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A delivery device for delivering a docking device to a native valve annulus of a patient's heart, the delivery device comprising:
a delivery catheter having a first lumen;
and a pusher tool comprising: a pusher slidably received within the first lumen, the pusher having a distal portion, a proximal portion, and a second lumen extending from the proximal portion to the distal portion;
a locking mechanism fixedly attached to the proximal portion of the pusher;
and a retrieval line extending through the second lumen from the locking mechanism to the docking device to connect the docking device to the pusher tool;
wherein the locking mechanism includes a rotatable member that engages the retrieval line, the rotatable member having a first position that locks the amount of retrieval line that extends from the locking mechanism and a second position that allows the amount of retrieval line that extends from the locking mechanism to be increased or decreased.