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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2016
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Crystal Marie Anderson-Cunanan, San Jose, CA (US);
Katherine Cora Fazackerley, San Mateo, CA (US);
Michael Eppihimer, Franklin, MA (US);
Shannon Smith Kenwood, Winthrop, MA (US);
Natalia P. Sushkova, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Karen Suzanne Lavery, Franklin, MA (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A prosthetic heart valve provided herein can include a cultured cell tissue leaflet. In some cases, a prosthetic heart valve can include a plurality of leaflets secured together and retained within the expandable tubular member. The cultured cell tissue can be obtained by culturing fibroblast cells, smooth muscle cells, or a combination thereof to form a sheet of cultured cells and chemically cross-linking the fibroblast cells while under tension. In some cases, the cultured cell tissue can be radially tensioned. In some cases, the cultured cell tissue can be bi-axially tensioned.