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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2009
Timothy Ryan, Shorewood, MN (US);
Don Tran, Novato, CA (US);
Jeffrey Allen, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Melissa Denton, Irvine, CA (US);
Adam Podbelski, St. Paul, MN (US);
Timothy Ryan, Shorewood, MN (US);
Don Tran, Novato, CA (US);
Jeffrey Allen, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Melissa Denton, Irvine, CA (US);
Adam Podbelski, St. Paul, MN (US);
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Abstract
A packaging system is disclosed for shipping a prosthetic tissue valve in a storage solution and preparing and loading of the bioprosthetic valve onto a catheter-based delivery system. The packaging system includes a fluid tight container filled with the storage solution attached to a delivery catheter, wherein the container surrounds the prosthetic tissue valve that is in a pre-loaded position on the delivery catheter during shipment and storage. The prosthetic tissue valve may include an attachment mechanism that attaches to the delivery catheter to properly position the tissue valve for loading within the delivery catheter. In another embodiment where the prosthetic tissue valve is not attached to the delivery catheter during shipment, the attachment mechanism may interact with the prosthetic tissue valve shipping container to prevent the bioprosthetic valve from moving during shipment.