Barry OConnell,Declan P. Costello,Michael A. Colson
申请号:
US13939638
公开号:
US20150018944A1
申请日:
2013.07.11
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2015
代理人:
摘要:
Medical devices for positioning a valve in a subjects body, such as a prosthetic heart valve in a subjects heart, are disclosed. The prosthetic heart valve may include a valve assembly, a frame, and a control arm. The prosthetic heart valve may include a commissural post or multiple commissural posts. The prosthetic heart valve may include a positional marker on a control arm. The prosthetic heart valve may include multiple positional markers on one or more control arms. The positional markers can be shapes, characters, or other symbols. The positional markers may themselves be asymmetric. The positional markers may be placed in an asymmetric location on a control arm. The control arm may be asymmetrically shaped.