Patent ID: 9326853
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: A61F

Claim Text:
1. A prosthetic valve delivery system having a distal end and an opposite, proximal end, wherein the distal end of the delivery system is capable of being advanced into a patient's heart during a deliver procedure while the proximal end of the delivery system is disposed outside of the patient's heart, comprising: one or more prosthetic valve delivery catheters; one or more support stent delivery catheters at least partially positioned in an interior of the one or more prosthetic valve delivery catheters; an expandable support stent having a plurality of retaining arms at a distal end of the support stent, the plurality of retaining arms being releasably coupled to the one or more support stent delivery catheters at the distal end of the support stent, wherein the distal end of the support stent is directed toward the distal end of the delivery system; and an expandable prosthetic valve releasably coupled to the one or more prosthetic valve delivery catheters, the prosthetic valve being oriented when releasably coupled to the delivery system to replace an aortic valve when the distal end of the delivery system is delivered through a puncture in a left ventricle, wherein the support stent is configured such that retracting the support stent proximally relative to an elongated nose cone of the delivery system causes the support stent to expand into an expanded state.