Valve holder and loading integration
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1. A kit for holding an implantable medical device, the kit comprising:
- an implantable medical device including a collapsible and expandable prosthetic heart valve having i) a compressible stent including a plurality of struts and having an inflow end and an outflow end, selected portions of the stent forming retaining features on the outflow end of the stent for mating with portions of a delivery device, and ii) a valve assembly;
a jar for receiving the implantable medical device, the jar having an open end and a closed end; and
a ring coupleable to the open end of the jar, the ring having a plurality of channels adapted to receive the retaining features 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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17 Claims
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1. A kit for holding 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 including a plurality of struts and having an inflow end and an outflow end, selected portions of the stent forming retaining features on the outflow end of the stent for mating with portions of a delivery device, and ii) a valve assembly; a jar for receiving the implantable medical device, the jar having an open end and a closed end; and a ring coupleable to the open end of the jar, the ring having a plurality of channels adapted to receive the retaining features 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 including a plurality of struts, selected portions of the stent forming retaining features at the outflow end of the stent for mating with portions of a delivery device, and ii) a valve assembly; a ring coupleable to the implantable medical device and having a plurality of channels adapted to receive the retaining features 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 including a plurality of struts, selected portions of the stent forming retaining features for mating with portions of a delivery device, and ii) a valve assembly; a ring coupleable to the implantable medical device and having 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 an outer circumference of the ring and terminating before the outer circumference of the ring, and being adapted to receive the retaining features 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.
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