Patent ID: 9333076
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: A61F

Claim Text:
1. Apparatus for use in conjunction with a prosthetic heart valve comprising: a holder to which the heart valve is releasably attached, the holder comprising a main body portion having a recess and a rotatable portion positioned in the recess in an assembled condition, the recess having a central axis and a sidewall extending around the central axis, the rotatable portion having a sidewall extending around the central axis in the assembled condition, the sidewall of the rotatable portion and the sidewall of the recess each defining a confronting sidewall in the assembled condition, the confronting sidewalls including a ratchet assembly with a plurality of ratchet members on one of the confronting sidewalls and a pawl on another of the confronting sidewalls, the pawl interacting with the ratchet members to permit rotation of the rotatable member in a first direction relative to the main body portion and to prevent rotation of the rotatable member in a second direction opposite the first direction relative to the main body portion, each of the confronting sidewalls including a stop surface, the stop surfaces permitting rotation of the rotatable portion in the first direction relative to the main body portion until the stop surface of the one confronting sidewall engages the stop surface of the another confronting sidewall to limit rotation of the rotatable member relative to the main body portion; and an elongated handle having a distal end portion, the holder having a receptacle portion that is adapted to removably receive the distal end portion by relative non-rotational motion of the holder and handle along an axis along which the handle is elongated, wherein while the handle is received in the holder: