# SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve at Cleveland Clinic: deployment

Canonical ID: `186f9558-ba0c-49e0-8f8c-71081c0d4cb0`

[Cleveland Clinic](/locations/cleveland-ohio-usa.md) TAVR operators began using a novel high deployment technique for SAPIEN 3 valve implantation in April 2017 to reduce conduction abnormalities and pacemaker requirements.

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-08-09_

- **Slug:** sapien-3-transcatheter-heart-valve-cleveland-ohio-usa
- **Status:** operational
- **Model:** [SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve](/models/sapien-3-transcatheter-heart-valve.md) (id: `11d93de0-ecbc-40c1-9cbf-78faec650556`)
- **Category:** [Surgical robots](/surgical)
- **Company:** [Edwards Lifesciences](/companies/edwards-lifesciences.md) (id: `311e9cc4-68db-4d74-b74c-33fd30682fc4`)
- **Location:** [Cleveland Clinic](/locations/cleveland-ohio-usa.md) (id: `404b0287-1c78-47b0-b802-f57cbcac872a`)
- **First seen:** 2017-04-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. https://consultqd.clevelandclinic.org/higher-positioning-of-sapien-3-valve-reduces-conduction-abnormalities-and-pacemaker-requirements

## Common questions

### What is the SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve deployment at Cleveland Clinic?

SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve, built by Edwards Lifesciences, is recorded as a deployment at Cleveland Clinic on the DEPLOY registry. Edwards Lifesciences operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve at Cleveland Clinic?

Edwards Lifesciences, the manufacturer of SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

### When did the SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve deployment at Cleveland Clinic go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting April 1, 2017 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

### Have there been incidents at the SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve deployment at Cleveland Clinic?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.


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