公开(公告)号：US20140260097A1

公开(公告)日：2014-09-18

申请号：US14211775

申请日：2014-03-14

申请人： Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

发明人： Neal Avery ,  Hao Shang ,  Julie A. Benton ,  Bin Tian

IPC分类号： A61F2/24 ,  B65B5/04

CPC分类号： A61F2/2427 ,  A61F2/24 ,  A61F2/2433 ,  A61F2/2436 ,  A61F2002/9522

摘要： The present disclosure is directed to embodiments of automated crimping systems, methods of crimping prosthetic valves, and methods of using automated crimping systems to crimp prosthetic valves. In some embodiments, an automated crimping system includes a crimper controller, a rotary actuator, an outer crimper housing, and a crimper mechanism mounted within the outer crimper housing. In some embodiments, an automated method of crimping a prosthetic valve includes inserting a prosthetic valve into an automated crimping system, activating the automated crimping system, and removing the crimped prosthetic valve from the automated crimping system. In some embodiments, a method of crimping a prosthetic valve comprises partially crimping the prosthetic valve at a first speed to a partially crimped configuration and further crimping the prosthetic valve at a second speed.

摘要翻译： 本公开涉及自动压接系统的实施例，卷曲人造瓣膜的方法以及使用自动压接系统卷曲人造瓣膜的方法。 在一些实施例中，自动压接系统包括压接机控制器，旋转致动器，外部压接器壳体和安装在外部压接器壳体内的压接机构。 在一些实施例中，压接人工瓣膜的自动化方法包括将人造瓣膜插入自动压接系统中，启动自动压接系统，以及从自动压接系统移除卷曲的假体瓣膜。 在一些实施例中，压接人工瓣膜的方法包括以第一速度部分地将人造瓣膜压接到部分压接构造并且以第二速度进一步压接人造瓣膜。