Patent ID: 11931263
Assignee: EVALVE, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 15:
16. A method of directing a fluid in a medical delivery device, the method comprising:
injecting a fluid into the medical delivery device, the medical delivery device including a fluid management system and a catheter coupled to the fluid management system, the fluid management system including:
a flush body, the flush body including an opening, a catheter outlet, and a fluid inlet configured to receive the fluid into an interior space of the flush body; a grommet at least partially housed within the flush body, the grommet having an interior lumen and being configured to be in fluid communication with the interior space such that fluid can pass from the interior space into the interior lumen wherein the grommet includes one or more holes configured to allow fluid to pass from the interior space into the interior lumen;
a conducting assembly disposed at the opening, the conducting assembly configured to receive one or more components of the delivery device and direct the one or more components into the interior lumen; wherein a proximal end of the catheter passes through the catheter outlet and is coupled to the grommet so as to allow the catheter to receive the fluid and the one or more components from the interior lumen; and
transporting the fluid through the catheter to an implantable device at a distal end of the catheter.