US 11,633,578 B2 · Apparatus and methods for loading an endovascular implant into a delivery catheter

Abstract

An apparatus for loading an endovascular shunt into a delivery catheter includes a base, a boss rod connected to, and extending longitudinally across, the base, and a plurality of guide bosses slidably coupled to the boss rod. The guide bosses include a delivery catheter guide boss coupled to the delivery catheter, a malecot holding tube guide boss, wherein a malecot holding tube is connected to a first lateral side of the malecot guide boss extending towards the delivery catheter guide boss, a claw assembly guide boss, where a claw assembly is attached to a first lateral side of the claw guide boss extending towards the malecot holding tube guide boss, and a chase pin guide boss, wherein a chase pin is connected to a first lateral side of the chase pin guide boss extending towards the claw assembly guide boss.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus for loading an endovascular shunt into a delivery catheter, the apparatus comprising:

a base;
a boss rod extending longitudinally across the base, the boss rod having a first end fixed to a first side portion of the base, and a second end fixed to a second side portion of the base opposite the first side portion;
a plurality of guide bosses slidably coupled to the boss rod;
a compression fitting connected to a respective one of the guide bosses and configured for securing the delivery catheter while the shunt is loaded into the delivery catheter.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

17/156,559Filed 23 Jan 2021 · us provisional application

Priority

23 Jan 2020

Published

US 2021/0228846 A129 Jul 2021

Granted

25 Apr 2023

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Classification10 codes

A61F 2/9522
Instruments specially adapted for placement or removal of stents or stent-grafts: means for mounting a stent or stent-graft onto or into a…
A61F 2/966
Having an outer sleeve: with relative longitudinal movement between outer sleeve and prosthesis, e.g. using a push rod
A61B 17/3401
Trocars; Puncturing needles: puncturing needles for the peridural or subarachnoid space or the plexus, e.g. for anaesthesia
A61B 17/3478
Trocars; Puncturing needles: endoscopic needles, e.g. for infusion

Apparatus and methods for loading an endovascular implant into a delivery catheter

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Apparatus and methods for loading an endovascular implant into a delivery catheter

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