Patent ID: 9326873
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: A61F,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An interchangeable medical device cartridge comprising; a cartridge body having a distal end and a proximal end; an enclosure within the cartridge body, the enclosure having a proximal enclosure end at the proximal end of the cartridge body, a distal enclosure end and the distal end of the cartridge body, and an enclosure axis extending between the proximal and distal enclosure ends, the enclosure sized and shaped to receive a plunger via the proximal enclosure end and through the distal enclosure end, and wherein the enclosure further comprises a tapered lumen for compressing the deployable medical device prior to loading into the deployment apparatus; and the cartridge body sized and shaped to be inserted into and removed from a first open cavity of a valve loader of a loading system along a single installation axis perpendicular to the enclosure axis, the enclosure configured to house a deployable medical device that may be directed by the loading system into a deployment apparatus, wherein the cartridge body includes a recess in a proximal wall configured to receive a locking mechanism for retaining interchangeable medical device in the valve loader.