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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2014
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Saravana B. Kumar, Otsego, MN (US);
Sounthara Khouengboua, Chaska, MN (US);
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A prosthetic heart valve () for replacing a native heart valve includes a collapsible and expandable stent () extending in a length direction between a proximal end () and a distal end (), the stent () including a plurality of struts () defining a plurality of cells (), the plurality of cells () forming an aortic section (), an annulus section () and a subannular section () of the stent (). A valve assembly is disposed within the annulus section () of the stent (), the valve assembly including a plurality of leaflets. In an expanded condition of the stent, each of the plurality of cells of the subannular section () has a width greater than its length, and each of the plurality of cells of the annulus section () has a length greater than its width.