US 11,850,371 B2
Prosthetic delivery device trays, packaging systems and methods
Larry C. Colgan, Geyserville, CA (US); and John M. Gallagher, Roscam (IE)
Assigned to Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on Apr. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/719,775.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/221,193, filed on Jul. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0014376 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61B 50/33 (2016.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 25/002 (2013.01) [A61B 50/33 (2016.02); A61F 2/0095 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A packaging system comprising:
a delivery device including a handle assembly and a catheter having a proximal end extending from the handle assembly, the catheter further having a distal end configured to support a prosthesis; and
a tray including:
an upper surface,
a first recess extending into the upper surface, the delivery device at least partially positioned into the first recess; wherein the first recess terminates at a bath area in which the distal end is positioned, and
a clip on the upper surface and adjacent the bath area and the first recess,
wherein the packaging system has a packaged configuration and a loading configuration,
wherein the catheter is positioned outside of the first clip in the packaged configuration and the catheter is positioned within the first clip in the loading configuration;
further wherein the catheter can move longitudinally within the clip in the loading configuration.