Patent ID: 11864771
Assignee: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method of preparing an expandable device for implantation using a delivery system, the method comprising:
coupling the expandable device to a delivery catheter, the delivery catheter having an interior lumen;
loading the expandable device and a portion of the delivery catheter into a sleeve and creating a liquid-tight seal between a portion of the sleeve and the delivery catheter, wherein the delivery catheter comprises a first fluid delivery port positioned on the delivery catheter and in fluid communication with the interior lumen of the delivery catheter;
coupling a distal end of the sleeve to a guide catheter, wherein the guide catheter comprises an interior lumen for receiving the delivery catheter and a second fluid delivery port positioned on the guide catheter and in fluid communication with the interior lumen of the guide catheter, the second fluid delivery port being in fluid communication with the interior lumen of the delivery catheter and the first fluid delivery port when the delivery catheter is positioned within the interior lumen of the guide catheter;
delivering fluid through at least one of the first fluid delivery port or the second fluid delivery port; and
aspirating gas from the delivery system through the second fluid delivery port while fluid is delivered through the first fluid delivery port or aspirating gas from the delivery system through the first fluid delivery port while fluid is delivered through the second fluid delivery port.