Medtronic Corevalve LLC

Medtronic Cv Luxembourg S.a.r.l.

Edwards Lifesciences Cardiaq LLC

Medtronics Corevalve LLC

MyKim Nguyen

Hung Nguyen

Than Nguyen

Robrecht Michiels

Stanley Komatsu

J Brent Ratz

Arshad Quadri

Yen Liao

Stan Komatsu

Kalathi Thygarajan

Robert Michiels

A heart valve prosthesis is provided having a self-expanding multi-level frame that supports a valve body comprising a skirt and plurality of coapting leaflets. The frame transitions between a contracted delivery configuration that enables percutaneous transluminal delivery, and an expanded deployed configuration having an asymmetric hourglass shape. The valve body skirt and leaflets are constructed so that the center of coaptation may be selected to reduce horizontal forces applied to the commissures of the valve, and to efficiently distribute and transmit forces along the leaflets and to the frame. Alternatively, the valve body may be used as a surgically implantable replacement valve prosthesis.

Heart valve prosthesis and methods of manufacture and use

A replacement heart valve can have an expandable frame configured to engage a native valve annulus. A valve body can be mounted onto the expandable frame to provide functionality similar to a natural valve. The valve body has an upstream end and a downstream end, and a diameter at the downstream end is greater than a diameter at the upstream end.

Replacement heart valve

Heart valve prosthesis

Growing community of inventors

Santa Ana, CA, United States of America

MyKim Nguyen