A delivery apparatus for controlling implantation of a prosthetic heart valve includes a handle housing and a release mechanism mounted on the handle housing. The release mechanism can be operably coupled to at least one actuation shaft. Actuation of the release mechanism can cause a distal end portion of the actuation shaft to be connected to or released from the prosthetic heart valve. The handle also includes an indicator tab configured to indicate whether the actuation shaft if connected to or released from the prosthetic heart valve.

A medical device delivery system includes a joining element with a bumper having a distal end portion configured to engage a proximal portion of a medical device and a proximal end portion adjacent a distal end portion of an elongated tubular member. The proximal end portion defines a slot having a length along a first direction. The joining element further includes an aperture extending through the bumper and having a first, greater, cross-sectional dimension along a second direction and a second, smaller, cross-sectional dimension along a third direction. The system can include an elongated shaft having a distal region and a flattened region proximal of the distal region, the flattened region having a greatest cross-sectional dimension that is smaller than the first cross-sectional dimension but larger than the second cross-sectional dimension The flattened region can be received within the slot.

A prosthetic heart valve includes a frame, a valve, and an expansion element. The frame is movable between contracted and expanded configurations and includes first struts and second struts non-hingedly coupled together. The second struts are configured to pivot relative to the first struts as the frame moves between the contracted and expanded configurations. The valve is coupled to the frame and includes leaflets. The expansion element extends through a lumen of the first struts. The expansion element is slidable relative to the lumen of the first struts and is configured to move the frame incrementally from the contracted configuration and the expanded configuration and from the expanded configuration to the contracted configuration.

Embolic implants delivery systems and methods of manufacture and delivery are disclosed. The devices can be used for aneurysm and/or fistula treatment. The designs offer low profile compressibility for delivery to neurovasculature, while maintaining advantageous delivery and implant detachment control features.

The present invention provides for implant device delivery apparatuses and related methods of use. The delivery systems of the present invention incorporate a stretch resistant tube that advantageously makes the implant device, such as an embolic coil, stretch resistant while a delivery system is being used to position the implant device at a desired target site.

A delivery system for delivery of an implantable stented device to a body lumen that includes an elongated member having a distal tip and a proximal end portion, a wire connection member positioned between the distal tip and proximal end portion of the elongated member, and a plurality of capturing wires extending from a distal end of the wire connection member. Each of the capturing wires includes a distal end having a lower portion that is moveable relative to an upper portion between an open position and a closed position, and a slot defined by the upper and lower portions when they are in the closed position.

A medical implant delivery system is described. The system can be used to deliver a variety of implants including stents and/or stent grafts. The delivery system retains the implant during delivery and detaches the implant at a target location.

An assembly can include a prosthetic valve and a delivery apparatus having a handle and a plurality of actuator assemblies extending from the handle. The prosthetic valve can have a plurality of posts one or more of which are configured as actuators having an axially spaced first member and second member, and a threaded rod extending through first and second members. Each actuator assembly can include a first actuation member engaging an outflow end of the prosthetic valve and having first and second support extensions, and a second actuation member extending through the first actuation member and comprising a distal end portion having an engagement portion releasably coupled to the threaded rod. The first and second support extensions can inhibit rotation of the frame relative to the one or more actuator assemblies during expansion of the prosthetic valve.

The present invention relates to a novel medical connecting device and medical devices comprising at least one such medical connecting device as well as its use in medical prostheses.

A catheter device for implanting a medical implant includes an actuating element configured to move with a capsule of the catheter device and to be manually operated to bring the actuating element from a first state to a second state. A first and/or second stop is included in the catheter device. The first stop is configured to limit a movement of the actuating element and therewith of the capsule in a first direction, e.g. proximal direction (P), when the actuating element is in the first state. The second stop is configured to limit a movement of the actuating element and therewith of the capsule in a second direction, e.g. distal direction (D), when the actuating element is in the first state, so as to prevent pressing of the capsule against a catheter tip of the catheter device and/or against a capsule stop of the catheter device.