Valve holder and loading integration
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1. A kit for storing an implantable medical device, the kit comprising:
- an implantable medical device including a collapsible and expandable prosthetic heart valve having i) a compressible stent having an inflow end and an outflow end, and ii) a valve assembly configured to permit a blood flow in a first direction from the inflow end to the outflow end, and to impede the blood flow in an opposite direction;
a jar for receiving the implantable medical device; and
a ring coupleable to an open end of the jar, the ring having outer and inner circumferences and a plurality of channels adapted to receive a portion of the outflow end of the implantable medical device to stabilize the medical device within the jar.
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Abstract
A device for holding an implantable medical device includes a jar for receiving the implantable medical device, and a ring coupleable to the jar. The ring has a plurality of channels adapted to receive retaining features of the implantable medical device to stabilize the medical device within the jar.
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1. A kit for storing an implantable medical device, the kit comprising:
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an implantable medical device including a collapsible and expandable prosthetic heart valve having i) a compressible stent having an inflow end and an outflow end, and ii) a valve assembly configured to permit a blood flow in a first direction from the inflow end to the outflow end, and to impede the blood flow in an opposite direction; a jar for receiving the implantable medical device; and a ring coupleable to an open end of the jar, the ring having outer and inner circumferences and a plurality of channels adapted to receive a portion of the outflow end of the implantable medical device to stabilize the medical device within the jar. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for transporting an implantable medical device, the system comprising:
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an implantable medical device including a collapsible and expandable prosthetic heart valve having i) a compressible stent having an inflow end and an outflow end, and ii) a valve assembly configured to permit a blood flow in a first direction from the inflow end to the outflow end, and to impede the blood flow in an opposite direction; a ring coupleable to the implantable medical device and having outer and inner circumferences and a plurality of channels adapted to receive a portion of the outflow end of the implantable medical device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for transporting an implantable medical device, the system comprising:
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an implantable medical device including a collapsible and expandable prosthetic heart valve having i) a compressible stent, and ii) a valve assembly configured to permit a blood flow in a first direction from an inflow end to an outflow end, and to impede the blood flow in an opposite direction; a ring coupleable to the implantable medical device and having inner and outer circumferences and a plurality of inner voids and a plurality of channels, each of the plurality of channels extending radially from one of the plurality of voids toward the outer circumference of the ring and terminating before the outer circumference of the ring, and being adapted to receive a portion of the outflow end of the implantable medical device, each of the plurality of inner voids being in communication with one of the channels adjacent a center of the ring. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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