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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2022
Cephea Valve Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Russell Shelton, San Jose, CA (US);
Randolf Von Oepen, Aptos, CA (US);
Cephea Valve Technologies, Inc., Abbott Park, IL (US);
Abstract
A loading device for crimping a prosthetic heart valve without an internal support member includes a cone having a cone body with a tapering diameter and defining a lumen therethrough and a cone base extending radially from the cone body. The cone base may couple to a funnel also having a tapering diameter and defining a lumen therethrough. The cone may be coupled to the funnel such that the lumen of the cone is aligned with the lumen of the funnel along a longitudinal axis of the loading device. The cone body may define a plurality of slots configured to receive the tines extending from the prosthetic heart valve as the valve is pulled through the loading device and compressed from an expanded state to a collapsed state by the tapering diameter of the cone and the funnel to be disposed inside a delivery device.