Patent ID: 9555528
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: A61F,B25B

Claim:
1. A delivery device for a stented heart valve comprising: a handle; an elongate shaft affixed to and extending from a distal end of the handle; and a conical housing having a proximal base portion fixed to and disposed about an exterior of the elongate shaft via a central passage defined along the proximal base portion within which the elongate shaft is inserted and an open distal end, the conical housing having a conical lumen therein with a first internal diameter adjacent to the proximal base portion of the conical housing and a larger second internal diameter at the open distal end of the conical housing, wherein the conical lumen has a constant tapering diameter from the open distal end; wherein the first internal diameter of the conical lumen is larger than a diameter of the central passage.