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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2010
Paul Mearns, Headford, IE;
John Gallagher, Clonsilla, IE;
Kevin O'sullivan, Tralee, IE;
Mark Casley, Taylors Hill, IE;
Pat Duane, Barna, IE;
Paul Mearns, Headford, IE;
John Gallagher, Clonsilla, IE;
Kevin O'Sullivan, Tralee, IE;
Mark Casley, Taylors Hill, IE;
Pat Duane, Barna, IE;
Medtronic Ventor Technologies Ltd., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
In an embodiment, a device for loading a prosthesis onto a delivery system comprises a cap and a reducing member. The cap has a piston member that seats a prosthesis. The piston member has at least one side wall configured to contact a portion of the side of the prosthesis seated therein. The reducing member has a conical wall, a first open end, and a second open end. The first open end is configured to receive the piston member. The reducing member reduces an external dimension of at least a portion of the prosthesis seated in the piston member as the prosthesis is moved along an inner surface of the conical wall.