Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

Arpit Laddha

Sandip Vasant Pawar

Chambory Chhe

Tamir S Levi

Boaz Manash

Michael Bukin

Darshin S Patel

Sean Chow

Waina Michelle Chu

Evan T Schwartz

Yuanlong Du

Ngoc Huong Thi Nguyen

Sara Haivatov

Ngoc Hoang Thi Nguyen

Rupesh Gajanan Nawalakhe

A 3-D honeycomb textile can include a textured yarn. The textile can exhibit a heat-shrinkage rate from about 10% to about 60%. The textile can be configured to reversibly change its dimensions under application of stress. Prosthetic valves can have the disclosed textiles as a sealing member. Additionally, prosthetic valves can the disclosed textiles as cushion materials. In addition, methods of making the disclosed textiles and prosthetic valves are described.

Textiles and implantable medical devices using the same

A prosthetic heart valve includes a frame having an inflow end and an outflow end, and defining a longitudinal axis. The prosthetic heart valve further includes a leaflet structure situated at least partially within the frame, and a covering disposed around the frame. The covering includes a first woven portion extending circumferentially around the frame and including a plurality of texturized strands or yarns extending along the longitudinal axis of the frame. The covering further includes a second woven portion extending circumferentially around the frame and spaced apart from the first woven portion along the longitudinal axis of the frame. The texturized strands extend along the longitudinal axis of the frame from the first woven portion to the second woven portion and form a floating portion between the first woven portion and the second woven portion.

Covered prosthetic heart valve

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Santa Ana, CA, United States of America

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