Two-part package for medical implant

US8136659B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Sadra Medical, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Amr Salahieh · Campbell, US
• Tom Saul · El Granada, US
• Robert A. Geshlider · San Francisco, US
• Andrea Johnson · Saratoga, US
• Dwight P. Morejohn · Davis, US
• Daniel Hildebrand · Menlo Park, US
• Jean-Pierre Dueri · Los Gatos, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 10, 2010
• Grant date: Mar 20, 2012
• Expiry date: May 10, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2/9517
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention provides a two-part package and method of use for a pre-attached medical implant and delivery tool system. The package includes a wet compartment and a dry compartment and allows a pre-attached implant and delivery tool system to be at least partially stored immersed in a fluid in the wet compartment and at least partially stored in the dry compartment. In one embodiment the implant comprises a replacement heart valve, and the heart valve is stored inside the wet compartment while the heart valve delivery tool remains dry in the dry compartment.