DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DELIVERY AND DEPLOYMENT OF BALLOON EXPANDABLE TRANSCATHETER VALVES

Balloon catheters for delivery of prosthetic hear valves are provided. The balloon catheters are configured to deploy a prosthetic heart valve through inflation. The balloon catheters are further configured with one or more retention bumpers to reduce or prevent migration of the prosthetic heart val...

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Hauptverfasser: Jager, Tamas, Jennings, Padraigh, Hannon, James, Ung, Victoria, Norgrove, Matthew, Duffy, Niall, Chang, William, Cahill, Richard, Courtney, Alistair, Irwin, Padraig, Sheremetiev, Dmitry, OConnor, Michael, Lydon, David, Rivera, Leonila, Barajas-Torres, Martha, Mullen, Conleth, Connolly, Reiss, Comar, Amy, Hogan, Simon, McGuinn, Alan T, Twohig, Eoghan, Mitchell, James, Silke, Declan, Fallon, Micheal, Berthiaume, William, Kenny, Gavin, McCullough, Jonathan, Newell, Kevin, Anderson, Marc, Martin, Shane
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Zusammenfassung:Balloon catheters for delivery of prosthetic hear valves are provided. The balloon catheters are configured to deploy a prosthetic heart valve through inflation. The balloon catheters are further configured with one or more retention bumpers to reduce or prevent migration of the prosthetic heart valve during delivery. Balloon catheters described herein are configured with substantially incompressible retention bumpers that promote longitudinal inflation fluid flow.