Patent ID: 9572663
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: A61F

Claim:
1. A method for deploying a prosthetic valve in a patient's native aortic valve, the method comprising: percutaneously advancing through a patient's vasculature a distal end portion of an elongate delivery system, a prosthetic valve in a contracted configuration disposed on the distal end portion, the prosthetic valve comprising a radially contractible and expandable tubular stent made from a nickel-titanium alloy and a plurality of leaflets secured to the stent, the plurality of leaflets made from bovine pericardium, the stent coupled to a deployment mechanism disposed on the distal end portion, the deployment mechanism comprising a longitudinally extending shaft and proximal and distal retaining components coupled to proximal and distal end portions of the stent, the shaft rotatable with respect the proximal and distal retaining components; positioning the prosthetic valve in an annulus of a native aortic valve; rotating the shaft of the deployment mechanism in a first direction, thereby expanding the prosthetic valve to a final expanded configuration within the annulus of the native aortic valve; and actuating lockout features on the prosthetic valve to lock the prosthetic valve in the final expanded configuration.