Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

Jessica Guttenberg

Brian S Conklin

Da-Yu Chang

Qinggang Zeng

Derrick Johnson

Grace Myong Kim

Myron Howanec, Jr

A prosthetic heart valve configured to replace a native heart valve and for post-implant expansion and having a valve-type indicator thereon visible from outside the body post-implant. The indicator communicates information about the valve, such as the size or orifice diameter of the valve, and/or that the valve has the capacity for post-implant expansion. The indicator can be an alphanumeric symbol or other symbol or combination of symbols that represent information about the characteristics of the valve such as the valve size. The capacity for post-implant expansion facilitates a valve-in-valve procedure, where the valve-type indicator conveys information to the surgeon about whether the implanted valve is suitable for the procedure and informs the choice of the secondary valve.

Methods of identifying and replacing implanted heart valves

Expandable surgical heart valve indicators

Surgical heart valves identifiable post-implant

Growing community of inventors

Irvine, CA, United States of America

Jessica Guttenberg