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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2016
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Peter N. Braido, Wyoming, MN (US);
Mina S. Fahim, Shoreview, MN (US);
Thomas M. Benson, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Theodore Paul Dale, Corcoran, MN (US);
Andrea N. Para, Centennial, CO (US);
Mark Krans, Hopkins, MN (US);
Mathias Charles Glimsdale, St. Michael, MN (US);
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A prosthetic heart valve having an inflow end and an outflow end includes a collapsible and expandable stent having a plurality of commissure features, a plurality of first struts and a plurality of second struts. The plurality of first struts define a substantially cylindrical portion and the plurality of second struts have first ends attached to the cylindrical portion and free ends projecting radially outward from the cylindrical portion and configured to couple to adjacent heart tissue to anchor the stent. A collapsible and expandable valve assembly disposed within the stent has a plurality of leaflets coupled to the commissure features.