PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE PACKAGING AND DEPLOYMENT METHODS
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    发明申请
    PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE PACKAGING AND DEPLOYMENT METHODS 有权
    前置心脏瓣膜包装和部署方法

    公开(公告)号:US20160262882A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-09-15

    申请号:US15068324

    申请日:2016-03-11

    Abstract: Packaging for prosthetic heart valves including an assembly for securely retaining a heart valve within a jar and facilitating retrieval therefrom. The assembly includes a packaging sleeve that fits closely within the jar and has a clip structure for securing a valve holder. Contrary to previous designs, in one embodiment the valve holder is directed downward into the jar, and the valve is retained with an inflow end upward. The valve may have flexible leaflets, and a leaflet parting member on the end of the shaft extends through the leaflets and couples with the valve holder. The assembly of the packaging sleeve, valve, and holder can then be removed from the jar and a valve delivery tube connected with the holder, or to the leaflet parting member. The packaging sleeve may be bifurcated into two halves connected at a living hinge to facilitate removal from around the valve/holder subassembly.

    Abstract translation: 用于假体心脏瓣膜的包装,包括用于将心脏瓣膜牢固地保持在罐内并有助于从其中取出的组件。 组件包括紧密地配合在罐内的包装套筒,并具有用于固定阀座的夹子结构。 与以前的设计相反,在一个实施例中,阀保持器向下指向罐中,并且阀向上保持流入端。 阀可以具有柔性小叶,并且在轴的端部上的小叶分离构件延伸穿过叶片并与阀座联接。 然后可以将包装套筒,阀和保持器的组件从罐中移除,以及与保持器连接的阀输送管,或者与叶片分离构件相连。 包装套筒可以分叉成在活动铰链处连接的两个半部,以便于从阀/支架子组件周围移除。

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