Patent ID: 9498317
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: A61F,B65B

Claim Text:
1. A system for packaging a dry tissue heart valve and its delivery system: a gas-permeable primary container comprising a dry tissue heart valve and a valve delivery system, the dry tissue heart valve having an inflow end and an outflow end, the dry tissue heart valve coupled to a distal end of the valve delivery system, the dry tissue heart valve being oriented such that the outflow end is oriented proximally to the distal end of the valve delivery system and the inflow end is oriented distally from the distal end of the valve delivery system; and a secondary container sized to receive the primary container, the secondary container being convertible from being gas-permeable to gas-impermeable; wherein the valve delivery system is configured to be slidably actuated between a collapsed state and an elongated state; and wherein the dry tissue heart valve coupled to its valve delivery system is packaged in the primary container with the valve delivery system in the collapsed state.