Guide cap and loading system for loading implant into delivery system
US11622874B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 11, 2018 |
| Grant date | Apr 11, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 10, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/53987
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A guide cap and a loading system for loading an implant into a delivery system are disclosed which are capable of simplifying operations required in interventional surgery using the implant. The guide cap has a lumen passing therethrough and includes: a conical section; a straight or conical tube in communication with a small open end of the conical section; and a flange, wherein a large open end of the conical section flares outward and thereby forms the flange. The loading system includes a guider and the guide cap. During the process of loading the implant into the delivery system, the guide cap enables the valve prosthesis to be coupled to the connector of the delivery system and allows the valve prosthesis to be compressed so as to be entirely capsuled in the delivery system with relatively easy and quick operations, thereby reducing surgery time during its clinical use.
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