Patent ID: 9149261
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A connector pair for attaching a medical implant to a delivery device, the connector pair comprising: a closed loop connector configured to be located at an end of a medical implant, the closed loop connector including a loop portion and a neck portion, the loop portion and the neck portion being formed at least partially by a filament, the filament including a material having a durometer hardness such that the loop portion maintains a pre-selected shape; and a slotted connector formed in a distal end portion of a shaft of a delivery device for interfitting with the closed loop connector of the medical implant, the slotted connector including first and second portions, the first portion having a consistent radius extending radially into the shaft and the second portion extending axially in a distal direction from the first portion along the shaft and being longer than the first portion and including a narrowing for locking the looped connector into the second portion, wherein the first and second portions join at an inside corner having a first shape and an outside corner having a second shape, the outside corner being located proximal to the inside corner along the shaft and wherein the first and second shapes are different, the distal end portion of the slotted connector defining lateral grooves extending axially in the distal direction from the second portion, wherein the pre-selected shape of the neck portion of the closed loop connector is configured to interfit with the lateral grooves when the slotted connector is interfitted with the closed loop connector, wherein the distal end portion of the slotted connector includes a tapered section, the tapered section being tapered such that tapering of the neck portion of the closed loop connector corresponds to the tapering of the tapered section of the distal end portion of the slotted connector.