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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
May. 10, 2017
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Theodore Paul Dale, Corcoran, MN (US);
Katherine A. Ahmann, Arden Hills, MN (US);
Brian Joseph Perszyk, Shoreview, MN (US);
Mathias Charles Glimsdale, St. Michael, MN (US);
Kristopher Henry Vietmeier, Monticello, MN (US);
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A prosthetic heart valve having an inflow end, an outflow end and a longitudinal axis extending from the inflow end to the outflow end includes a collapsible and expandable stent including a plurality of cells arranged in at least one row extending around a circumference of the stent. The stent further includes at least one engaging arm joined to one of the cells adjacent the outflow end and having a free end extending toward the inflow end, the engaging arm being movable between a loaded condition in which the engaging arm is oriented substantially parallel with the longitudinal axis of the stent, a partially-released condition in which the engaging arm forms a first angle with the longitudinal axis of the stent, and a fully-released condition in which the engaging arm forms a second angle with the longitudinal axis of the stent, the first angle being larger than the second angle.