Patent 12064331 was granted and assigned to Pulmonx on August, 2024 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Devices, methods, and systems are provided for loading an implantable device into a container. One aspect of the loading system contains a loader element with a loading tunnel that is configured to gradually contract an implantable device into a compressed state of reduced size relative to an expanded state as the implantable device travels through the loading tunnel.