US 11,701,214 B2
Prosthetic heart valve packaging and attachment assembly
Evelyn Haynes, Soquel, CA (US); Jonathan Oakden, Santa Cruz, CA (US); Spencer Noe, San Miguel, CA (US); Aaron Grogan, Scotts Valley, CA (US); and David Wang, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Assigned to Cephea Valve Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Cephea Valve Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on May 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/317,377.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/028,716, filed on May 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0361404 A1, Nov. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/24 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/0095 (2013.01) [A61F 2/2409 (2013.01); A61F 2/2427 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0075 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A packaging assembly for packaging a replacement heart valve, the packaging assembly comprising:
a valve support having a base;
a ring positioned within the valve support and configured to fit around a circumference of the replacement heart valve; and
a retention mechanism including a pin extending through a lumen of the valve support and a plurality of sutures attached to the pin, wherein the plurality of sutures are configured to be attached to the replacement heart valve.