{"number":"US12697215B2","kindCode":"B2","documentType":"grant","title":{"original":"Loading assembly and delivery apparatus for an expandable prosthetic medical device","english":"Loading assembly and delivery apparatus for an expandable prosthetic medical device"},"abstract":{"original":"Systems and methods for securely connecting a loading assembly to a delivery apparatus for loading a prosthetic medical device into the delivery apparatus are disclosed. As one example, a medical system can include a delivery apparatus for implanting a prosthetic medical device in a patient's body and a loading system. The delivery apparatus can comprise a flexible shaft, a coupling attached to a distal end of the flexible shaft, and a delivery capsule coupled to the coupling and extending distally from the coupling.…","english":"Systems and methods for securely connecting a loading assembly to a delivery apparatus for loading a prosthetic medical device into the delivery apparatus are disclosed. As one example, a medical system can include a delivery apparatus for implanting a prosthetic medical device in a patient's body and a loading system. The delivery apparatus can comprise a flexible shaft, a coupling attached to a distal end of the flexible shaft, and a delivery capsule coupled to the coupling and extending distally from the coupling.…"},"applicants":["EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION"],"inventors":["Jose Luis Lopez","Salomon Xavier Valencia","Brad Buzea","Alessandro Marco Leggio Yepez"],"filingDate":"2023-11-30","publicationDate":"2026-08-04","grantDate":"2026-08-04","verifiedWithOffice":true,"pdfUrl":"https://downloadpatent.com/pdf/US12697215B2.pdf","pages":{"en":"https://downloadpatent.com/patent/US12697215B2","zh-Hant":"https://downloadpatent.com/zh-Hant/patent/US12697215B2","ja":"https://downloadpatent.com/ja/patent/US12697215B2"}}