US 12,263,106 B2
Transcatheter implant delivery device and methods of implant loading and delivery
Alessandro Fisher, Santa Rosa, CA (US); Paulina Nguyen, Santa Rosa, CA (US); John Vucinich, Windsor, CA (US); and Yas B. Neuberger, Santa Rosa, CA (US)
Assigned to Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on Mar. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/702,487.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/183,097, filed on May 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0346992 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61F 2/97 (2013.01)
CPC A61F 2/9525 (2020.05) [A61F 2/2436 (2013.01); A61F 2/97 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of loading an implant to a delivery device, the method comprising:
loading a distal end of an implant into a distal segment of a capsule assembly of the delivery device such that a proximal end of the implant is proximal of the distal segment and the proximal end of the implant is spaced from a distal end of a proximal segment of the capsule assembly;
positioning a collar adjacent a proximal end of the distal segment;
positioning a funnel such that a distal end of the funnel is disposed adjacent to the collar, the funnel extending over the proximal end of the implant and at least partially positioning the funnel within the proximal segment;
advancing the proximal segment towards the distal segment until the distal end of the proximal segment is adjacent the collar, the proximal end of the implant is radially compressed within the proximal segment, and the funnel is disposed over the distal segment; and
removing the collar and the funnel from the delivery device.