Patent ID: 9370422
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: A61F

Claim Text:
1. A medical combination, comprising: a delivery device, the delivery device comprising: at least one radiopaque marker on the marker cage, each rib having at least one of the radiopaque markers, each radiopaque marker disposed on the corresponding rib and spaced apart from each of the first and second ends of the marker cage; and a collapsible prosthetic heart valve mounted in the compartment of the delivery device, the prosthetic heart valve including: wherein each radiopaque marker is engaged between adjacent leaflets of the valve, and the number of ribs of the marker cage is equal to the number of leaflets of the valve, and wherein the prosthetic heart valve is self-expanding and the marker cage is self-expanding, such that both the prosthetic heart valve and the marker cage in the collapsed condition are adapted to self-expand together when no force is applied to obstruct radial expansion of the prosthetic heart valve.