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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2018
Applicant:
Hbx Llc, Louisville, KY (US);
Inventor:
Paul A. Spence, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
HBX LLC, Louisville, KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61F 2/90 (2013.01); A61F 2/89 (2013.01); A61F 2/86 (2013.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/2418 (2013.01); A61F 2/0077 (2013.01); A61F 2/24 (2013.01); A61F 2/86 (2013.01); A61F 2/89 (2013.01); A61F 2/90 (2013.01); A61F 2/2412 (2013.01); A61F 2/2433 (2013.01); A61F 2/2436 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0081 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0014 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0004 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0013 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0021 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0045 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0054 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0003 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0039 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0069 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0098 (2013.01);
Abstract
Devices, systems and methods to position a prosthetic heart valve such that the prosthetic valve does not compress conduction tissue and thereby produce heart block. Guide devices promote positioning the prosthetic valve within a native aortic valve to avoid the conduction tissue and, optionally, to center the prosthetic valve within the native heart valve. Prosthetic valves include one or more cut-outs, openings or recesses configured to align with the conduction tissue so that the conduction tissue is not contacted in a way that would lead to higher incidents of complete heart block.