St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.

Ryan J Nesler

Tracee E Eidenschink

Bradley Charles Knippel

Richard Kaleta

Xiangyang Zhang

Nicholas V Jepson

A holder for a prosthetic heart valve includes a base having an annular portion defining an aperture, and a spool rotatably mated with the base. The spool has a platform and a head extending in a longitudinal direction from the platform. The holder further includes a button housing having an aperture sized and shaped to receive the head of the spool, and a button inserted in the button housing. The button housing is detachably coupled to the spool in an assembled condition. The button is movable relative to the button housing to move the button housing from a condition locked to the spool to a condition removable from the spool.

Apparatus and methods for a prosthetic mitral valve holder

A prosthetic heart valve includes a non-collapsible annular frame extending between an inflow edge and an outflow edge, the frame having a plurality of annularly spaced commissure posts adjacent the outflow edge. A valve assembly including a plurality of leaflets is connected to the frame. The frame includes a weakened portion such that the frame is expandable from an initial condition having a first diameter to an expanded condition having a second diameter larger than the first diameter when a radially outward force is applied to an inner surface of the frame. A stabilizing strut may be positioned adjacent the weakened portion to reinforce the frame. The prosthetic heart valve may include an expandable ring positioned around the expandable frame.

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Mounds View, MN, United States of America

Ryan J Nesler