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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2017
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Brian Joseph Perszyk, Shoreview, MN (US);
Mathias Charles Glimsdale, St. Michael, MN (US);
Kristopher Henry Vietmeier, Monticello, MN (US);
Theodore Paul Dale, Corcoran, MN (US);
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A prosthetic heart valve having an inflow end and an outflow end includes a stent having a collapsed condition, an expanded condition, and cells arranged in circumferential rows. The stent has an anterior side configured to be disposed adjacent an anterior native valve leaflet and a posterior side configured to be disposed adjacent a posterior native valve leaflet. A valve assembly having a plurality of leaflets is disposed within the stent and a flange is disposed about the stent. The flange includes a flared portion adjacent the inflow end and a body portion extending from the flared portion to the outflow end, the flange extending between a first set of attachment points adjacent the inflow end, and a second set of attachment points adjacent the outflow end.