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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2015
Nvt Ag, Muri, CH;
Marcos Centola, Hechingen, DE;
Emilia Kawa, Hechingen, DE;
NVT AG, Muri, CH;
Abstract
A prosthetic heart valve system and a delivery system therefor, the prosthetic heart valve system comprising a heart valve element with expandable generally tubular stent support forming a wire frame, wherein the tubular stent support comprises a plurality of adjacent rows of interconnected, substantially diamond-shaped cell structures extending, along and in parallel to the longitudinal direction, between the proximal end and distal end, and wherein the stent support, in a medial portion, comprises a circumferential row of a plurality of wire anchor structures which wire anchor structures are spaced from one another and attached to the wire frame and which, in respect to the longitudinal axis of the stent support, at least partially protrude outward at an angle α. The prosthetic heart valve system may also comprise a stent(graft)-element.