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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2016
Applicant:
Hans-hinrich Sievers, Kronshagen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/2418 (2013.01); A61F 2/2409 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0057 (2013.01); A61F 2250/001 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0004 (2013.01); A61F 2250/006 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0071 (2013.01);
Abstract
A prosthetic heart valve includes a valve frame (), on which a plurality of valve leaflets () are fixed, and a fastening area for fastening in a blood vessel, which axially adjoins the valve frame (). A stabilizing ring () is arranged in the fastening area. The stabilizing ring () defines a predetermined shape and a predetermined diameter of the fastening area and has at least one predetermined expansion point (), whereby it is possible to expand the stabilizing ring () by an action of radial force on an inner circumference.