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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019

Filed:

Oct. 30, 2017
Applicant:

Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);

Inventors:

Peter G. Edelman, Maple Grove, MN (US);

Scott Fisher, Maple Grove, MN (US);

Huisun Wang, Maple Grove, MN (US);

Richard Charles Gunderson, Maple Grove, MN (US);

Horng-Ban Lin, Maple Grove, MN (US);

Jeffrey S. Lindquist, Maple Grove, MN (US);

Assignee:

Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 (2006.01); B05D 1/02 (2006.01); A61L 27/18 (2006.01); A61L 27/34 (2006.01); B05D 7/22 (2006.01); B05B 7/04 (2006.01); B05B 12/00 (2018.01); B05B 13/02 (2006.01); B05B 13/06 (2006.01); B05B 12/14 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/2412 (2013.01); A61F 2/24 (2013.01); A61F 2/2415 (2013.01); A61F 2/2418 (2013.01); A61L 27/18 (2013.01); A61L 27/34 (2013.01); B05B 7/0408 (2013.01); B05B 7/0416 (2013.01); B05B 7/0433 (2013.01); B05B 7/0466 (2013.01); B05B 12/00 (2013.01); B05B 12/1454 (2013.01); B05B 13/0207 (2013.01); B05B 13/0627 (2013.01); B05D 7/222 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0076 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0014 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0018 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0028 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0036 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0037 (2013.01); A61L 2430/20 (2013.01); B05D 1/02 (2013.01); B05D 2254/02 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); Y10T 29/49405 (2015.01);
Abstract

A prosthetic heart valve includes a base and a plurality of polymeric leaflets. Each leaflet has a root portion coupled to the base, and each leaflet has an edge portion substantially opposite the root portion and movable relative to the root portion to coapt with a respective edge portion of at least one of the other leaflets of the plurality of leaflets. Each leaflet includes) at least two polymers along at least one portion of the leaflet, and each leaflet has a composition gradient of each of the at least two polymers along at least one portion of the leaflet.


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