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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2017
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Padraig Savage, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Gianfranco Pellegrini, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Finn Rinne, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Matthew Rust, Windsor, CA (US);
Michael Krivoruchko, Forestville, CA (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A stented valve including a stent structure having a generally tubular body portion, an interior area, a longitudinal axis, an first end, an second end, and an outer surface; at least one outflow barb extending from the outer surface of the stent adjacent to the first end of the stent structure and toward the second end of the stent structure; at least one inflow barb extending from the outer surface of the stent adjacent to the second end of the stent structure and toward the first end of the stent structure; and a valve structure attached within the interior area of the stent structure.