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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2013
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Marian Creaven, Ballybrit, IE;
Alfonso D'Alessandro, San Francisco, CA (US);
Niall Duffy, Ballybrit, IE;
John Gallagher, Ballybrit, IE;
Devin Gosal, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Scott Janis, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Karan Punga, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Glenn Stante, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Dick Yokota, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Misha Young, Cupertino, CA (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A crimping tool includes a housing portion defining a funnel segment and a suture locking mechanism positioned to lock sutures therein. One or more sutures can be coupled with a prosthesis and secured to the suture locking mechanism. The suture locking mechanism can be operated to draw the prosthesis through the funnel segment.