ST. JUDE MEDICAL; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION DIVISION; INC.
发明人:
BRETT A. HILLUKKA,KHOI A. LE,RALPH J. THOMAS,VELERIE J. GLAZIER
申请号：
BR112014002016
公开号：
BR112014002016A2
申请日:
2012.07.26
申请国别(地区):
BR
年份:
2017
代理人:
摘要：
An assembly for collapsing a self-expanding prosthetic heart valve includes a compression member, a support member, a constricting member, and a spacer which may be used for smaller sized heart valves. The compression member has a tapered wall between its first open end and its second open end, the tapered wall defining an open space adapted to receive the heart valve. The support member has a base and a recess adapted to receive an end of the heart valve. The support member and the compression member are movable toward one another to compress the heart valve and push it through a relatively small aperture in the second open end of the compression member. The second end of the constricting member is sized to receive the compressed heart valve from the second open end of the compression member for loading into a delivery device.
