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Integrated loading and storage system for implantable medical devices

US11284985B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Medtronic CV Luxembourg S.A.R.L. · LU

Inventors

Paraic Frisby · Galway, IE
Niall Duffy · Galway, IE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 27, 2019
Grant date	Mar 29, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 10, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2/962
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A loading device includes a locking collar assembly including a proximal end, a distal end, and a loading channel formed between the proximal end and the distal end. The device also includes a loading funnel coupled to the distal end of the locking collar assembly at a proximal end of the loading funnel. The loading funnel is configured to store a collapsible medical device in a partially collapsed state within a tapered interior volume of the loading funnel. The tapered interior volume decreases in volume from a distal end of the loading funnel to the proximal end of the loading funnel.

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