Active and Passive Cuff Management Devices for Loading of Transcatheter Valves
AssigneeSt. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
InventorsAlexander Barrette, Nicholas Steenwyk
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Abstract
A cuff management device for use when loading a prosthetic heart valve includes a body extending between a first end and a second end, a plurality of legs disposed at the first end, and one or more segments disposed at the second end, the one or more segments having one or more protrusion on an interior surface thereof.
Claims20
A cuff management device for use when loading a prosthetic heart valve, the cuff management device comprising:
- a body extending between a first end and a second end;
- a plurality of legs disposed at the first end;
- and
- one or more segments disposed at the second end, the one or more segments having one or more protrusions on an interior surface thereof.
A cuff management device for use when loading a prosthetic heart valve, the cuff management device comprising:
- a ring body matched to an inflow diameter of the prosthetic heart valve;
- and
- a plurality of projections extending perpendicular to a plane of the ring body and distributed about a circumference of the ring body.
A method of loading a prosthetic heart valve comprising:
- placing an aortic end of a prosthetic heart valve within a compression member defining a funnel;
- placing a cuff management device about an annulus end of the prosthetic heart valve;
- and
- manipulating a portion of the prosthetic heart valve with the cuff management device while advancing the prosthetic heart valve through the compression member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.