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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2017
Edwards Lifesciences Cardiaq Llc, Irvine, CA (US);
Jennifer K. White, Charlestown, RI (US);
Edwards Lifesciences CardiAQ LLC, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A prosthetic heart valve includes a frame, a valve component, and a skirt. The frame has first and second end portions, a central longitudinal axis extending between the first and second end portions, and a plurality of struts interconnected by a plurality of joints. The joints comprise a rotational axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The frame is movable between an expanded configuration and a compressed configuration. The struts comprise diagonal struts relative to the longitudinal axis when the frame is in the expanded configuration. The valve component has a plurality of leaflets. Adjacent leaflets are attached together and to the frame at commissures of the frame. The leaflets extend from the commissures in a triangular configuration and are attached to adjacent diagonal struts of the frame. The skirt is configured for reducing paravalvular leakage and attached to the diagonal struts of the frame to which the leaflets are attached.