Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Collapsible leaflets for prosthetic heart valves
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Application No.: US17211976Application Date: 2021-03-25
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Publication No.: US11690715B2Publication Date: 2023-07-04
- Inventor: Kristen T. Morin , Jay Reimer , Keith T. High , Kristopher Henry Vietmeier , Tracee Eidenschink , Yousef F. Alkhatib
- Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN St. Paul
- Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
- Current Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN St. Paul
- Agency: Sleman & Lund LLP
- Main IPC: A61F2/24
- IPC: A61F2/24

Abstract:
A prosthetic heart valve may include an expandable stent, a cuff attached to an annulus section of the stent, and a plurality of leaflets disposed within an interior region of the stent and attached to at least one of the cuff or the stent. The stent may have a plurality of cells connected to one another in a plurality of annular rows around the stent. The leaflets together may have a coapted position occluding the interior region of the stent and an open position in which the interior region is not occluded. Each leaflet may include a primary leaflet material, as well as features that reinforce specific regions of the leaflet.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210315690A1 Collapsible Leaflets For Prosthetic Heart Valves Public/Granted day:2021-10-14
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