# SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve at St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver: deployment

Canonical ID: `22b4c3ee-f91a-4250-ba71-778de364b134`

[St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver](/locations/vancouver-british-columbia-canada.md) (University of British Columbia) was a key site for the first-in-human SAPIEN 3 study. The 15-patient first-in-human feasibility study (Binder et al. 2013) was conducted there. SAPIEN 3 received expanded approval in Canada with St. Paul's as a leading site.

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

_Last updated: 2026-08-09_

- **Slug:** sapien-3-transcatheter-heart-valve-vancouver-british-columbia-canada
- **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:** [St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver](/locations/vancouver-british-columbia-canada.md) (id: `64dde52b-01d8-4d90-b39d-b8fa060dfe18`)
- **First seen:** 2013-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1936879813002203

## Common questions

### What is the SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve deployment at St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver?

SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve, built by Edwards Lifesciences, is recorded as a deployment at St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver on the DEPLOY registry. Edwards Lifesciences operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve at St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver?

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 St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting January 1, 2013 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 St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver?

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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