Medtronic, Inc.

Maria Awad

Timothy R Ryan

Carol Elsa Eberhardt

Charles P Tabor

Janice Lynn Shay

Carolyn C Majkrzak

Melissa R Young

A stented valve including a stent structure including a generally tubular body portion having a first end, a second end, an interior area, a longitudinal axis, and a plurality of vertical wires extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis around a periphery of the body portion, wherein the plurality of vertical wires includes multiple commissure wires and at least one structural wire positioned between adjacent commissure wires, and a plurality of V-shaped wire structures having a first end, a second end, and a peak between the first and second ends, wherein a first end of each V-shaped structure extends from a first vertical wire and a second end of each V-shaped structure extends from a second vertical wire that is adjacent to the first vertical wire, wherein each V-shaped structure is oriented so that its peak is facing in the same direction relative to the first and second ends of the body portion, and a valve structure including a plurality of leaflets attached to the stent structure within the tubular body portion.

Stents for prosthetic heart valves

Stent for prosthetic heart valves

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Irvine, CA, United States of America

Maria Awad