Medtronic Vascular, Inc.

Medtronic, Inc.

Padraigh Jennings

Paul Devereux

Stephen Montgomery

David Clarke

Gerry Kearns

Constantino Fiuza

Karina Doyle

Brendan Vaughan

Ronja F Pfeiffer

Alan McGuinn

Michael Walsh

David O'Toole

David O′Toole

Aspects of the disclosure relate to 'wet' transcatheter prosthetic heart valve or other implant packaging and assemblies in which a prosthetic heart valve or other implant is loaded into a first portion of a delivery device and positioned within a container in which sterilizing fluid is retained to sterilize interior portions of the container as well as provide moisture to prevent the implant from drying out. The disclosure also relates to methods of sterilizing the disclosed assemblies. Some disclosed methods include at least two sterilizing steps and adjustment of a mechanical seal member or formation of multiple seals so that areas proximate the seals are also sterilized during the sterilization process.

Assemblies for sterilizing a wet stored prosthetic heart valve

The disclosure relates to transcatheter stented prosthesis delivery devices including a handle assembly connected to a shaft assembly on which a stented prosthesis is loaded and compressively retained with a plurality of elongate tension members. The delivery devices include a cutting assembly that can sever the elongate tension members after the stented prosthesis is expanded at a target site so that the delivery device can be withdrawn from the patient. Certain embodiments position the cutting assembly at least within the shaft assembly and others position the cutting assembly over the shaft assembly. Various disclosed cutting assemblies are actuated with the handle assembly or the like, which draw the tension members across the blade or vice versa.

Transcatheter prosthetic heart valve delivery system with distal cutting assembly

Assemblies and methods of sterilizing a wet stored prosthetic heart valve

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Galway, Ireland

Padraigh Jennings