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Implant loading device and system

  • US 9,211,181 B2
  • Filed: 09/24/2012
  • Issued: 12/15/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for loading an implantable device into a container, comprising:

  • a loading element comprising a loading tunnel configured to gradually contract an implantable device into a compressed state of reduced size relative to an expanded state as the implantable device travels through the loading tunnel; and

    a puller element that is removably attached to the implantable device via a suture, wherein the puller element pulls the implantable device through the loading tunnel;

    wherein the puller element automatically releases the suture after the implantable device contracts into the compressed state and wherein the loading tunnel is a funnel housing defining an internal, funnel-shaped loading cavity.

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