Patent ID: 8480731
Filing Date: 2013-07-09
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An implant holder for removably retaining an implant during an implantation procedure, said implant holder comprising: a monolithic body defining an axis, said monolithic body having: (a) a hub; and (b) a plurality of circumaxially spaced support struts together defining a chamber, each of said support struts being connected to said hub by one or more bridge members, said support struts each including an annulus support portion, a first commisure support portion and a second commisure support portion, said commisure support portions extending between and connecting said annulus support portion and said bridge member, with said annulus support members of said plurality of said support struts together substantially defining a first circumference about and substantially perpendicular to said axis, and wherein circumaxially adjacent ones of said support struts define gaps between adjacent commisure support portions thereof, said gaps being substantially equally circumaxially spaced about said axis; and wherein said first and second commisure support portions of each support strut are circumaxially spaced from one another, and further wherein said first and second commisure support portions of each support strut are circumaxially spaced from said first and second commisure support portions of remaining ones of said support struts; and further wherein a circumaxial spacing between said first and second commisure support portions of each support strut is greater than a circumaxial spacing between circumaxially adjacent ones of said annulus support portions.