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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2017
Venus Medtech (Hangzhou) Inc., Hangzhou, Zhejiang, CN;
Min Frank Zeng, Irvine, CA (US);
Pham Lo, Irvine, CA (US);
Venus Medtech (Hangzhou) Inc., Hangzhou, CN;
Abstract
A heart valve assembly has a heart valve assembly that has a wire frame comprising an anchor section, a generally cylindrical valve support section, and a neck section that transitions between the anchor section and the valve support section. The wire frame includes a plurality of supports extending radially outwardly in an annular manner about an upper end of the valve support section, and the anchor section has an annular flange that extends radially therefrom, so that an annular space is defined between the annular flange and the annular supports for receiving or capturing the native annulus when the heart valve is deployed. The heart valve assembly also includes a leaflet assembly having a plurality of leaflets that are stitched to the valve support section and which are positioned on an inflow side of the neck section.