# US 10,370,150 B2 · Two-part package for medical implant > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,370,150 B2 - Document ID: US10370150B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/197,938 - Filed: 2016-06-30 - Published: 2016-12-29 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2005-09-13 - Assignees: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. - Applicants: Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. - Inventors: Amr Salahieh; Tom Saul; Robert Geshlider; Andrea Johnson; Dwight Morejohn; Daniel Hildebrand; Jean-Pierre Dueri - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10370150B2 ## CPC - B65D 25/04: Partitions - A61F 2/0095: {Packages or dispensers for prostheses or other implants (for intraocular lenses A61F2/1691; for dental surgery A61C19/02)} - A61F 2/2427: {Devices for manipulating or deploying heart valves during implantation} - B65B 5/04: Packaging single articles - B65B 55/16: by irradiation - B65D 41/04: Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation - B65D 81/22: in moist conditions or immersed in liquids - A61F 2/9517: {handle assemblies therefor} - B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES - A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C) - B65B: MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING (bundling and pressing devices for cigars A24C1/44; devices for tensioning and securing binders adapted to be supported by the article or articles to be bound B25B25/00; applying closure members to bottles, jars or similar containers B67B1/00-B67B6/00; concurrent cleaning, filling and closing of bottles B67C7/00; emptying bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels or similar containers B67C9/00) ## Abstract The invention provides a two-part package and method of use for a pre-attached medical implant and delivery tool system. The package includes a wet compartment and a dry compartment and allows a pre-attached implant and delivery tool system to be at least partially stored immersed in a fluid in the wet compartment and at least partially stored in the dry compartment. In one embodiment the implant comprises a replacement heart valve, and the heart valve is stored inside the wet compartment while the heart valve delivery tool remains dry in the dry compartment. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A medical implant and delivery tool package comprising: a wet compartment containing a fluid; a dry compartment; a replacement heart valve implant at least partially stored inside the wet compartment; and a delivery tool at least partially stored inside the dry compartment; wherein the replacement heart valve implant is configured to transition between a compressed configuration within the delivery tool and an expanded configuration within the wet compartment. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The medical implant and delivery tool package of claim 1, wherein the wet compartment is configured to maintain the replacement heart valve implant immersed in fluid regardless of orientation of the wet compartment. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The medical implant and delivery tool package of claim 1, wherein an interface between the wet compartment and the dry compartment stores the replacement heart valve implant in the wet compartment and keeps at least a portion of the delivery tool dry. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The medical implant and delivery tool package of claim 1, wherein the wet compartment is stored inside the dry compartment. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The medical implant and delivery tool package of claim 1, wherein a shape of the wet compartment is non-cylindrical. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The medical implant and delivery tool package of claim 5, wherein a cross-section of the wet compartment is triangular in shape. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The medical implant and delivery tool package of claim 1, further comprising a seal cap threadably engaged with the wet compartment, thereby preventing the fluid from entering the dry compartment. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The medical implant and delivery tool package of claim 7, wherein the seal cap engages a seal member against an exterior surface of the delivery tool when the seal cap is threadably engaged with the wet compartment. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The medical implant and delivery tool package of claim 1, wherein the delivery tool is attached to the replacement heart valve implant. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The medical implant and delivery tool package of claim 9, wherein the delivery tool includes a seal disposed within the delivery tool configured to prevent the fluid inside the wet compartment from escaping into a dry portion of the delivery tool. ### Claim 11 A method of storing a medical implant, comprising: attaching a medical implant to a delivery tool; translating the medical implant into a compressed configuration within the delivery tool; inserting a distal end of the delivery tool into a wet compartment; unsheathing the medical implant within the wet compartment; and placing the delivery tool and the wet compartment into a dry compartment. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of storing a medical implant of claim 11, wherein the wet compartment is filled with fluid. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of storing a medical implant of claim 11, wherein inserting the delivery tool into the wet compartment includes inserting the delivery tool through a seal cap. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method of storing a medical implant of claim 11, wherein the medical implant is stored within the wet compartment in an expanded configuration. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The method of storing a medical implant of claim 12, further comprising forming a seal to prevent the fluid from escaping the wet compartment. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of storing a medical implant of claim 15, wherein the seal is formed after the medical implant is completely removed from the delivery tool. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The method of storing a medical implant of claim 11, further comprising irradiating the dry compartment to sterilize the delivery tool. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of storing a medical implant of claim 17, wherein the wet compartment masks the medical implant from radiation. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The method of storing a medical implant of claim 11, wherein the medical implant is a replacement heart valve.