US 11,992,397 B2
Holder for heart valve prosthesis, a storage arrangement for a heart valve prosthesis, and a crimping kit and method
Giovanni Giordano, Saluggia (IT); and Monica Francesca Achiluzzi, Saluggia (IT)
Assigned to Corcym S.r.l., Milan (IT)
Appl. No. 17/057,511
Filed by Corcym S.r.l., Milan (IT)
PCT Filed May 23, 2018, PCT No. PCT/IB2018/053645
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 20, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/224580, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0196442 A1, Jul. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01)
CPC A61F 2/0095 (2013.01) [A61F 2/2418 (2013.01); A61F 2/2427 (2013.01); A61F 2/9524 (2020.05)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A holder for a heart valve prosthesis comprising a radially contractible armature and a prosthetic valve carried by said armature, the holder including:
an annular member having a longitudinal axis and comprising a plurality of supporting formations, said supporting formations protruding radially inwardly of said annular member; and
a locking member configured for coupling with said annular member,
wherein:
each supporting formation includes a coupling profile configured for engaging the armature of a heart valve prosthesis, the coupling profile being configured to prevent a displacement of the armature along said longitudinal axis and being configured to prevent rotation of the armature around the longitudinal axis, while leaving the armature unconstrained in a radially inward direction, and
the locking member is configured to removably mate with the annular member to provide a radial constraint to the armature in a radially inward direction at the supporting formations.