St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.

Hannah Mitchell

Gary Erzberger

Kristopher Henry Vietmeier

Kristen T Morin

Caytlin Gale

Trevor Springer

Jaron J Olsoe

Julia K Roe

A prosthetic heart valve may include a collapsible and expandable stent, a cuff attached to an annulus section of the stent, and a plurality of leaflets attached to at least one of the cuff or the stent within an interior region of 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 flat mesh of braided wire material having a plurality of pores extending therethrough. The leaflets may be devoid of biological material at a time of implantation.

Collapsible leaflets for prosthetic heart valves

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Anchorage, AK, United States of America

Hannah Mitchell