Two-part package for medical implant
AssigneeSadra Medical, Inc.
InventorsAmr Salahieh, Tom Saul, Robert Geshlider, Andrea Johnson, Dwight Morejohn, Daniel Hildebrand, Jean-Pierre Dueri
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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.
Claims18
A method of packaging a medical implant and delivery tool comprising:
- providing an implant connected to a delivery tool, a wet compartment, and a dry compartment, wherein the wet compartment is within the dry compartment;
- loading the implant at least partially into the wet compartment;
- and
- storing at least a portion of the delivery tool in the dry compartment.
A method of storing a medical implant attached to a delivery tool, comprising:
- providing an implant attached to a delivery tool, a wet compartment, and a dry compartment;
- loading the implant into the wet compartment;
- storing the implant in an expanded configuration, wherein the implant also has a collapsed configuration;
- and
- storing at least a portion of the delivery tool in the dry compartment.
A method of storing a medical implant and a delivery tool, comprising:
- coupling a delivery tool to a medical implant;
- loading the implant into a wet compartment;
- sealing the wet compartment from a dry compartment such that the delivery tool is at least partially stored in the dry compartment;
- and
- adding storage fluid to the wet compartment after sealing the wet compartment from the dry compartment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.