Patent ID: 9370420
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F

Claim Text:
1. A delivery system for encircling native leaflets of a heart valve to deliver a support band that at least partially surrounds the native leaflets, the system comprising: a delivery catheter with a lumen of a first diameter; a precurved catheter with a lumen and an outer diameter that is smaller than the first diameter, the precurved catheter being receivable in the lumen of the delivery catheter and biased to return to a predetermined curved configuration when it is advanced out of an opening in the delivery catheter; a precurved guidewire receivable in the lumen of the precurved catheter, the precurved guidewire being biased to return to a predetermined curved configuration when it is advanced out of the precurved catheter; and a support band that has an elongate support member, the elongate support member having a lumen for receiving the guidewire.