Patent ID: 11963872
Assignee: MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 9:
10. A delivery device comprising:
a stented prosthetic heart valve comprising a valve structure carried by a stent frame configured to self-expand from a collapsed condition to a normal, expanded condition;
an inner shaft forming a lumen;
a spindle associated with the inner shaft, wherein the spindle defines a first hole open to the lumen and an exterior of the spindle, wherein the stented prosthetic heart valve is collapsed on the spindle in a delivery state of the delivery device;
a first cord slidably disposed within the lumen and extending through the first hole, wherein the first cord maintains the stented prosthetic heart valve on the spindle in the delivery state; and
an embedding feature comprising a transition region of a tip body mounted to the spindle and a radially compressible bumper mounted to the transition region, wherein portions of a distal segment of the stented prosthetic heart valve are radially embedded into an outer surface of the compressible bumper in the delivery state.