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Surgical delivery device and method of use

US10531955B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Medtronic 3F Therapeutics, Inc. · US

Inventors

Andrzej M. Malewicz · Minneapolis, US
David Elizondo · Champlin, US
Matthew Weston · Roseville, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 16, 2016
Grant date	Jan 14, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 5, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2/9522
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A delivery device for a stented heart valve comprises a handle, an elongate shaft extending from a distal end of the handle, and a conical housing having a proximal end coupled to the elongate shaft and an open distal end, the conical housing having a conical lumen therein with a first internal diameter adjacent to the proximal end of the conical housing and a larger second internal diameter adjacent to the open distal end of the conical housing.

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