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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2008
John Hastings, Jr., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Dale Price, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Heather Helgeson, Robert, WI (US);
Brian Bechtold, Clearwater, MN (US);
John Hastings, Jr., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Dale Price, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Heather Helgeson, Robert, WI (US);
Brian Bechtold, Clearwater, MN (US);
Pacesetter, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a slittable delivery device for the delivery of a cardiac surgical device. The delivery device includes a hub and a shaft integrated into the hub. The shaft forms at least a segment of the circumferential surface of the hub. The delivery device may also include a hemostasis valve contained substantially within the hub and a cap on a proximal end of the hub. The cap may include an opening in the cap extending radially outward from a point near a radial center of the cap through a circumferential edge of the cap.