Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

David S Lin

Louis A Campbell

Grace Myong Kim

Visith Chung

Peng Norasing

Brian S Conklin

Da-Yu Chang

Derrick Johnson

Donald E Bobo, Jr

Harvey H Chen

Myron Howanec, Jr

Mark Van Nest

Paul A Schmidt

Isidro L Guerrero

Francis M Tran

Thomas H Chien

Cindy Woo

Thomas Y Chien

Donald E Bobo

Qinggang Zeng

Michael J Scott

Rafael Pintor

Edwin T Ta

Grace M Kim

Thomas Chien

Myron Howanec

Nest Mark Van

Paul A Schimidt

Chien Thomas

A prosthetic heart valve configured to replace a native heart valve and having a support frame configured to be reshaped into an expanded form in order to receive and/or support an expandable prosthetic heart valve therein is disclosed, together with methods of using same. The prosthetic heart valve may be configured to have a generally rigid and/or expansion-resistant configuration when initially implanted to replace a native valve (or other prosthetic heart valve), but to assume a generally expanded form when subjected to an outward force such as that provided by a dilation balloon or other mechanical expander.

Heart valve stents adapted for post-implant expansion

Assembly of heart valves and intermediate adapter stent

One-piece heart valve stents adapted for post-implant expansion

Surgical heart valves adapted for post-implant expansion

Surgical heart valves adapted for post implant expansion

A quick-connect heart valve prosthesis that can be quickly and easily implanted during a surgical procedure is provided. The heart valve includes a substantially non-expandable, non-compressible prosthetic valve and a plastically-expandable stent frame, thereby enabling attachment to the annulus without sutures. The prosthetic valve may be a commercially available valve with a sewing ring and the stent frame attached thereto. The stent frame may expand from a conical deployment shape to a conical expanded shape, and may have a cloth covering its entirety as well as a plush sealing flange around its periphery to prevent paravalvular leaking.

Rapidly deployable surgical heart valves

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Irvine, CA, United States of America

David S Lin