Method for crimping a prosthetic valve
AssigneeEdwards Lifesciences Corporation
InventorsDavid Maimon, Ron Sharoni, Tamir S. Levi, Emil Karapetian, Tri D. Tran, Tung T. Le
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Abstract
A method of crimping a prosthetic valve on a delivery catheter having an inflatable balloon includes releasably attaching a holding mechanism to a shaft of the delivery catheter, wherein the holding mechanism is connected to a crimping device, positioning the prosthetic valve in the crimping device, actuating the crimping device to radially crimp the prosthetic valve onto the balloon or onto the shaft of the delivery catheter at a location adjacent the balloon, and removing the holding mechanism from the delivery catheter after crimping the prosthetic valve.
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A method of crimping a prosthetic valve on a delivery catheter having an inflatable balloon, the method comprising:
- releasably attaching a holding mechanism to a shaft of the delivery catheter, wherein the holding mechanism is connected to a crimping device;
- positioning the prosthetic valve in the crimping device;
- actuating the crimping device to radially crimp the prosthetic valve onto the balloon or onto the shaft of the delivery catheter at a location adjacent the balloon;
- and
- removing the holding mechanism from the delivery catheter after crimping the prosthetic valve.
A method of crimping a prosthetic valve on a delivery catheter having an inflatable balloon, the method comprising:
- releasably attaching a holding mechanism to a shaft of the delivery catheter, wherein the holding mechanism is connected to a crimping device;
- positioning the prosthetic valve in the crimping device and around the balloon;
- actuating the crimping device to radially crimp the prosthetic valve from a radially expanded state to a radially compressed on the balloon;
- and
- removing the holding mechanism from the delivery catheter.
A method of crimping a prosthetic valve on a delivery catheter having an inflatable balloon, the method comprising:
- positioning the prosthetic valve within a crimping device and around the balloon of the delivery catheter, wherein the crimping device is connected to a holding mechanism that is clamped onto an outer surface of a shaft of the delivery catheter at a location proximal to the balloon;
- actuating the crimping device to radially crimp the prosthetic valve from a radially expanded state to a radially compressed onto the balloon;
- and
- removing the holding mechanism from the delivery catheter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.