Patent ID: 9320599
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: A61F

Claim Text:
1. A system for endovascularly delivering a heart valve, the system comprising: an outer delivery sheath; an implantable replacement valve disposed within the delivery sheath, the valve comprising an expandable anchor configured to be implantable within a patient, the anchor comprising a distal end and a proximal end; and a deployment tool comprising a first plurality of anchor actuation elements coupled to the distal end or the proximal end of the anchor and adapted to apply a non-hydraulically expanding or non-pneumatically expanding actuation force on the anchor to reshape the anchor, the anchor is foreshortened by applying a distally directed force on the proximal end of the anchor by one or more of the first plurality of anchor actuation elements or the anchor may be foreshortened by applying a proximally directed force on the distal end of the anchor by one or more of the first plurality of anchor actuation elements, wherein the first plurality of actuation elements are coupled to the proximal end of the anchor, wherein the first plurality of actuation elements are coupled to the proximal end of the anchor via releasable attachment mechanisms; and a second plurality of actuation elements coupled to the distal end of the anchor.