Prosthetic Heart Valve Packaging and Attachment Assembly
AssigneeCephea Valve Technologies, Inc.
InventorsPrem Midha, Zachary R. Vidlund, Eric Smith
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Abstract
A system for heart valve replacement includes a collapsible and expandable replacement heart valve and a packaging assembly for storing the replacement heart valve. The packaging assembly includes a funnel extending from a first end to a second end. The funnel has a first interior diameter at the first end and a second interior diameter, the second interior diameter smaller than the first interior diameter. The funnel defines an internal lumen extending between the first and second ends. The funnel defines a plurality of longitudinal slots extending along an interior surface of the funnel between the first and second ends.
Claims20
A method of collapsing a prosthetic heart valve, comprising:
- translating the prosthetic heart valve through a funnel, by pulling at least one suture coupled to the prosthetic heart valve, to transition the prosthetic heart valve from an expanded condition to a collapsed condition;
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- while translating, each tine of the prosthetic heart valve extends into a corresponding slot of the funnel.
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