Releasable holder and method of use

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1986-04-16

1987-07-14

Thaler, Michael H.

Surgery

Truss

Pad

128321, 294 94, 294 191, A61B 1700

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046795561

ABSTRACT:
A device for releasably holding an object, particularly a prosthetic heart valve, comprising a handle member integral with a key member which releasably engages a holder member having an interacting engaging screw which controls and limits the movement of integral cooperating fingers for holding and releasing said object; and a package assembly for storing under sterile conditions a holder member of said device attached to a prosthetic heart valve comprising a clam shell mechanism for releasably holding said holder member and valve.

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"A suture Holder and Separator Attachment to the Starr-Edwards Prosthetic Valve Holders", Grismer et al., Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrigs, Mar. 1965, pp. 583-584.

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