Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

Timothy C Ulrich

Mark M Dehdashtian

Michael G Valdez

Bryan A Janish

Tram Ngoc Nguyen

Walter Lee

Gilbert S Leung

Teodoro S Jimenez

Teodoro S Jimenez, Jr

Tammy Nguyen

Bich Hoang Pham

Jiangxue Han

Izaak Rosen

This disclosure is directed to prosthetic heart valves having elongated sealing members. As one example, a prosthetic heart valve comprises an annular frame, a leaflet assembly comprising a plurality of leaflets, and a skirt assembly comprising an inner skirt, an outer skirt, and/or a third skirt. The frame is radially compressible and expandable between a radially compressed state and a radially expanded state and comprises a plurality of apices at an inflow end. The skirt assembly forms a pocket at the inflow end of the frame that creates extra space between the inflow end of the frame and the skirt assembly when the frame is in the radially expanded state. This pocket allows the apices at the inflow end of the frame to move towards an inflow end of the pocket when the frame is radially compressed to the radially compressed state without protruding through the skirt assembly.

Prosthetic heart valve having elongated sealing member

Described herein are systems and methods from delivering prosthetic devices, such as prosthetic heart valves, through the body and into the heart for implantation therein. The prosthetic devices delivered with the delivery systems disclosed herein are, for example, radially expandable from a radially compressed state mounted on the delivery system to a radially expanded state for implantation using an inflatable balloon of the delivery system. Exemplary delivery routes through the body and into the heart include transfemoral routes, transapical routes, and transaortic routes, among others.

Delivery systems for prosthetic heart valve

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Timothy C Ulrich