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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2019
Medtronic Vascular Galway, Ballybrit, IE;
Niall Duffy, Ballybrit, IE;
Marian Lally, Ballybrit, IE;
Philip Haarstad, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Frank Harewood, Ballybrit, IE;
Igor Kovalsky, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Jason Quill, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Daniel Gelfman, Golden Valley, CA (US);
Ana Menk, St. Paul, MN (US);
Darren Janzig, Center City, MN (US);
Shyam Gokaldas, New Brighton, MN (US);
Kenneth Dale Warnock, Jr., Manchester, MN (US);
MEDTRONIC VASCULAR GALWAY, Galway, IE;
Abstract
Devices, systems, and methods for crimping a medical device are disclosed. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to devices, systems, and methods for reducing the diameter of a collapsible heart valve prosthesis to be loaded onto a delivery device. The devices, systems, and methods using at least one funnel to crimp the heart valve prosthesis and load it onto the delivery system.