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Methods and apparatus for loading a prosthesis onto a delivery system

  • US 9,345,573 B2
  • Filed: 05/29/2013
  • Issued: 05/24/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for loading a prosthesis onto a delivery system, said method comprising:

  • providing a housing, the housing comprising one or more actuators that move radially inward or radially outward;

    providing a prosthetic valve having a plurality of commissure posts coupled thereto, wherein the prosthetic valve comprises an unbiased diameter;

    passing the prosthetic valve through the housing thereby reducing a diameter at a first end of the prosthetic valve to a first diameter;

    actuating the one or more actuators thereby moving the plurality of commissure posts at the first end radially inward to a diameter smaller than the first diameter; and

    coupling the plurality of commissure posts in the smaller diameter configuration to a delivery device.

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