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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2012
Twelve, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
John Morriss, San Francisco, CA (US);
Hanson Gifford, III, Woodside, CA (US);
James I. Fann, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Jean-Pierre Dueri, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Matt McLean, San Francisco, CA (US);
Darin Gittings, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michael Luna, San Jose, CA (US);
Mark Deem, Mountain View, CA (US);
Douglas Sutton, Pacifica, CA (US);
Jeffry J. Grainger, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Twelve, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
A prosthetic heart valve () includes a flexible anchoring member () at least partially surrounding and coupled to an inner valve support (). The device can further include a prosthetic valve () coupled to, mounted within, or otherwise carried by the valve support. The valve support includes a plurality of posts () connected circumferentially by a plurality of struts (), where the posts extend along an axial direction generally parallel to the longitudinal axis () and the struts extend circumferentially around and transverse to the longitudinal axis. The posts extend an entire longitudinal height HI of the valve support. The device also includes one or more sealing members () and tissue engaging elements () like spikes.