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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2014
Applicant:
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventor:
Mathias Charles Glimsdale, St. Michael, MN (US);
Assignee:
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/2418 (2013.01); A61F 2/2409 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0075 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0065 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0069 (2013.01); A61F 2240/001 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0069 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0096 (2013.01);
Abstract
A heart valve assembly () includes a heart valve (), a self-expandable and collapsible stent (), and a sealing member (). The stent () includes an inflow end () and an outflow end (), and surrounds and supports the heart valve (). The sealing member () is connected to the inflow end (120) of the stent () and extends around a periphery of the stent (). The sealing member () is connected to the inflow end () of the stent (), overlaps a portion of the heart valve (), and extends around an outer periphery of the stent ().