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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2012
Applicants:
Per Hendriksen, Herlufmagle, DK;
Allan G. Hemmingsen, Jystrup M., DK;
Jacob Lund Clausen, Kgs. Lyngby, DK;
Inventors:
Per Hendriksen, Herlufmagle, DK;
Allan G. Hemmingsen, Jystrup M., DK;
Jacob Lund Clausen, Kgs. Lyngby, DK;
Assignee:
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02G 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An assembly comprising: a protective sheath and a loading device for loading a self-expandable prosthesis into the sheath, the loading device having a conical distal section, which radially compresses the prosthesis and an annular lip that engages with the interior of the distal end of the sheath to guide the prosthesis into the sheath while protecting the sheath from damage.