Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

Taylor Michael Winters

Kim D Nguyen

Michael C Murad

Michael R Bialas

Brendan Michael Dalbow

Jeanette Jasmine Corona

Ashley Akemi Ishigo

Quang Ngoc Vu

Gil Senesh

Lien Huong Thi Hoang

Gonzalo German Angelico

Kristen Hicks

Vicky Hong Do

Carla Susana Cerqueira

Victoria Mariko Low

Andrea Fernandez

Karl J Britzman

Haley Nicole Whitehead

Shannon Nicole Hoye

Jeannette Jasmine Corona

Methods and systems for attaching a radiopaque marker to a prosthetic heart valve to indicate a location of a commissure of the prosthetic heart valve are disclosed. As one example, a prosthetic heart valve can include a frame, a plurality of leaflets arranged within the frame, and at least one commissure comprising an attachment member comprising a central portion and a flap extending outward from the central portion, the flap folded over a radially outward facing side of the central portion, and the attachment member arranged across a selected cell of the frame. The commissure further comprises commissure tabs of two adjacent leaflets coupled to a radially inward facing side of the central portion, and a radiopaque marker arranged on the flap of the attachment member, between the flap and the radially outward facing side of the central portion.

Commissure marker for a prosthetic heart valve

Methods and systems for attaching a radiopaque marker to a prosthetic heart valve to indicate a location of a commissure of the prosthetic heart valve are disclosed. As one embodiment, a prosthetic heart valve can include a frame including a plurality of struts forming a plurality of cells of the frame arranged between an inflow end and an outflow end of the frame, a plurality of leaflets arranged within the frame, at least one commissure comprising an attachment member arranged across a selected cell of the plurality of cells of the frame and attached to struts of the frame forming the selected cell, and commissure tabs of two adjacent leaflets coupled to the attachment member, and a radiopaque marker arranged on the attachment member of the commissure. The marker is configured to indicate a location of the commissure of the prosthetic heart valve.

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Stevenson Ranch, CA, United States of America

Taylor Michael Winters