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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2019
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Mark A. Konno, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A prosthetic heart valve, and associated methods therefore, configured to replace a native heart valve, and having a support frame configured to be reshaped into an expanded form in order to receive and/or support an expandable prosthetic heart valve therein. The prosthetic heart valve may be configured to have a generally rigid and/or expansion-resistant configuration when initially implanted to replace a native valve (or other prosthetic heart valve), but to assume a generally non-rigid and/or expanded/expandable form when subjected to an outward force such as that provided by a dilation balloon.