VALVE LOADER METHOD, SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS
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1. A deployment catheter for deployment of a medical device, the deployment catheter comprising:
- a catheter shaft comprising a proximal end and a distal end and a lumen extending through the catheter shaft;
a first cavity inside a distal portion of the catheter shaft adapted to receive a medical device, wherein the medical device is a valve; and
a stabilization wire extending through the lumen of the catheter shaft, the stabilization wire comprising a second cavity disposed at a distal end of the stabilization wire, the second cavity configured to receive at least a portion of the medical device, wherein the catheter shaft retracts relative to the stabilization wire during deployment of the medical device.
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Abstract
A valve loading system is provided that uses a valve loader to transfer a valve or other medical device from a storage cartridge into a deployment catheter. The valve or other medical device can be implanted or positioned within a patient using the catheter after the valve or other medical device has been compressed and loaded into the catheter using the valve loader. The process then can be repeated by using the valve loading system to load or introduce another valve or other medical device into the catheter.
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1. A deployment catheter for deployment of a medical device, the deployment catheter comprising:
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a catheter shaft comprising a proximal end and a distal end and a lumen extending through the catheter shaft; a first cavity inside a distal portion of the catheter shaft adapted to receive a medical device, wherein the medical device is a valve; and a stabilization wire extending through the lumen of the catheter shaft, the stabilization wire comprising a second cavity disposed at a distal end of the stabilization wire, the second cavity configured to receive at least a portion of the medical device, wherein the catheter shaft retracts relative to the stabilization wire during deployment of the medical device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A deployment catheter for deployment of a medical device, the deployment catheter comprising:
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a catheter shaft comprising a proximal end and a distal end and a lumen extending through the catheter shaft; a cavity inside a distal portion of the catheter shaft adapted to receive a medical device, wherein the medical device is a valve; and a locator marking disposed on a side wall of the catheter shaft and along the distal portion of the catheter shaft, the locator marking being viewable from an outside of the catheter shaft, and the locator marking corresponding to an approximate deployment site of the medical device disposed within the catheter shaft, wherein the locator marking comprises at least a yellow band. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of deploying a medical device in a lung, comprising
loading a medical device into a distal end of a catheter, the catheter comprising locator markings corresponding to a location of the medical device; -
inserting the catheter into a bronchoscope; directing the bronchoscope to a portion of a lung to be treated with the medical device; aligning the locator markings with the portion of a lung to be treated; and deploying the medical device at the portion of a lung to be treated. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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