Transcatheter prosthetic heart valve delivery system with recapturing feature and method

摘要

A delivery system for percutaneously deploying a stented prosthetic heart valve. The system includes a delivery capsule (36) and a recapture assembly (32). The capsule is configured to compressively retain the prosthesis. The recapture assembly includes a frame and sleeve attached to the frame. The recapture assembly is transitionable from a compressed arrangement to an expanded arrangement with a distally increasing diameter.