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US 10,245,145 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for compressing/loading stent-valves
AssigneeSymetis SA
InventorsLuc Mantanus, Fabien Lombardi, Pierre Simonin, Youssef Biadillah, Jean-Luc Hefti, Stéphane Delaloye
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Abstract
Apparatus (40) for compressing a transcatheter cardiac stent-valve (10) comprises: a first compressor stage (100) including a hollow channel (42) with a tapered interior surface configured for compressing a stent-valve in response to longitudinal advancement of the stent-valve within the channel; and a second compressor stage (102) comprising a crimper for compressing a portion of the stent-valve without longitudinal advancement.
Claims8
An apparatus configured to compress a cardiac stent-valve for loading into a delivery catheter, the apparatus comprising:
- a first compressor stage for compressing the stent-valve,
- wherein the first compressor stage comprises a hollow channel, and the first compressor stage is configured for progressively compressing the stent-valve in response to, or in association with, longitudinal advancement of an advancing member against the stent-valve within the hollow channel;
- and
- a second compressor stage coupled or couplable to the first compressor stage and configured to further compress a portion of the stent-valve after passing through the first compressor stage,
- wherein the second compressor stage comprises a crimper having jaws defining a chuck.
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