Patent ID: 7771472
Filing Date: 2010-08-10
Classification: A61B,A61F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An assembly for loading a bronchial flow control device into a container, comprising: a funnel housing defining an internal, funnel-shaped loading cavity that gradually reduces in size moving in a first direction, the loading cavity sized to receive a bronchial flow control device in an expanded state; a puller housing removably attached to the funnel housing, wherein the puller housing is removably attachable to a bronchial flow control device that can be positioned in the loading cavity, wherein the puller housing pulls the bronchial flow control device in the first direction through the funnel housing to gradually contract the bronchial flow control device into a compressed state of reduced size relative to the expanded state; and a pushing member configured to push the bronchial flow control device out of the funnel housing after the bronchial flow control device has been pulled through the loading cavity to be contracted into the compressed state.