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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2019
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Richard Kaleta, Arden Hills, MN (US);
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A holder for a prosthetic heart valve may include a hub having an outer surface extending about a longitudinal axis, a commissure support extending downward from the hub, and a plurality of legs extending outward from the hub in radial directions, each leg having a foot extending in a longitudinal direction. Each foot may have two channels on its outer surface, each channel extending from a closed end at a spaced distance from the bottom of the foot to an open end at the bottom of the foot, and two suture holes each spaced apart from the bottom of the foot and extending between the inner surface and the outer surface of the foot.