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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2016
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Johnhan Lin, San Jose, CA (US);
Christopher M. Miracle, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Christopher B. Finnegan, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Cornelius M. Crowley, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nadina Hammer, San Jose, CA (US);
Marissa Pumares, San Jose, CA (US);
Dominika Jerczynska, Castlegar, IE;
Patricia Byrne, County Galway, IE;
Laura Luong, West Sacramento, CA (US);
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED INC., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A tubular seal for a prosthetic heart valve includes an elastomeric polymer matrix and a plurality of non-elastic fibers retained within the matrix. The non-elastic fibers can be arranged in the elastomeric polymer matrix to allow the tubular seal to stretch in axial and radial directions.