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Clocking valve retainer

  • US 10,390,951 B2
  • Filed: 03/01/2017
  • Issued: 08/27/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of loading a prosthetic valve onto a delivery system comprising:

  • rotating a second portion of a valve retainer to align a second orientation marking disposed on a radial outer surface of the second portion of the valve retainer with one of a plurality of first orientation markings disposed on a radial outer surface of a first portion of the valve retainer, wherein a proximal end of the second orientation marking on the outer surface of the second portion is distal to a distal end of the one of the plurality of first orientation markings on the outer surface of the first portion, and wherein the first portion and the second portion are axially fixed; and

    attaching the prosthetic valve to the second portion of the valve retainer,wherein attaching the prosthetic valve comprises attaching an attachment member on the prosthetic valve to an attachment structure on the second portion of the valve retainer, andwherein the attachment structure is distal of and longitudinally aligned with the second orientation marking on the second portion of the valve retainer.

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