Patent ID: 9539091
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: A61F

Claim:
1. A method for delivering and implanting a prosthetic heart valve in a native aortic valve in a patient, comprising: obtaining a prosthetic heart valve based on a measurement of a patient's annulus, the prosthetic heart valve comprising a self-expandable stent body and a plurality of leaflet-forming membranes made from bovine pericardium, the prosthetic heart valve stored in an expanded configuration while coupled to a deployment mechanism; collapsing the prosthetic heart valve to a contracted configuration while the prosthetic heart valve is coupled to the deployment mechanism; advancing a catheter shaft over a guidewire and through a femoral artery while a patient's heart is beating, the catheter shaft having the deployment mechanism and the prosthetic heart valve disposed along a distal end portion thereof, the catheter shaft having a proximal operating handle disposed along a proximal end portion thereof; permitting the prosthetic heart valve to self-expand to an initial expanded configuration while the deployment mechanism is coupled to the prosthetic heart valve; actuating the deployment mechanism via the proximal operating handle to expand the prosthetic heart valve from the initial expanded configuration to a final expanded configuration; locking the prosthetic heart valve in the final expanded configuration via a mechanical locking device disposed on the prosthetic heart valve; and detaching the deployment mechanism from the prosthetic heart valve and withdrawing the catheter shaft and deployment mechanism from the patient's vasculature.