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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2016
Applicant:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Inventors:
Mark W. Boden, Harrisville, RI (US);
Peter G. Edelman, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Joseph Thomas Delaney, Jr., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61L 27/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/2412 (2013.01); A61F 2/2415 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0076 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0028 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0029 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00011 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00179 (2013.01); A61L 27/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A prosthetic heart valve leaflet is composed of a self-reinforced composite (SRC) structure that includes a first layer. The first layer can include a first plurality of fused fibers composed of a first polymeric material in which each fiber is fused to at least one adjacent fiber by a reflowed fiber domain region.