| abstract |
A delivery device and method for percutaneously delivering a prosthetic valve to a patient's heart. These prosthetic valves can be configured to provide complementary functions that facilitate optimal replacement of the prosthetic valve in natural heart valves such as aortic, mitral, pulmonary, and / or tricuspid valves. The delivery device includes a release sheath (154) assembly housed within the outer delivery sheath (52). The release sheath component of the assembly captures a portion of the prosthetic valve (32) in the delivery device and achieves full release of the prosthetic valve with retraction of the outer sheath. [Selection] Figure 1A |