# SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: deployment

Canonical ID: `1ddd3749-3f47-4b40-a33c-85e753cb100a`

[Cedars-Sinai Medical Center](/locations/los-angeles-california-usa.md), Los Angeles, is listed as a site in real-world SAPIEN 3 Ultra experience studies. Raj Makkar, MD is a key investigator.

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

_Last updated: 2026-08-09_

- **Slug:** sapien-3-transcatheter-heart-valve-los-angeles-california-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:** [Cedars-Sinai Medical Center](/locations/los-angeles-california-usa.md) (id: `192edfdf-fa70-4354-a507-c8728ecde78b`)
- **First seen:** 2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.121.010543

## Common questions

### What is the SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve deployment at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center?

SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve, built by Edwards Lifesciences, is recorded as a deployment at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on the DEPLOY registry. Edwards Lifesciences operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center?

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 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting January 1, 2019 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 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center?

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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