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Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 19, 2019
Applicant:

Highlife Sas, Paris, FR;

Inventor:

Malek Nasr, Paris, FR;

Assignee:

HIGHLIFE SAS, Paris, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61F 2/82 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/2418 (2013.01); A61F 2/2412 (2013.01); A61F 2/2415 (2013.01); A61F 2/2457 (2013.01); A61F 2002/828 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0075 (2013.01); A61F 2230/001 (2013.01); A61F 2230/005 (2013.01); A61F 2230/008 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0054 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0078 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0029 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0036 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0039 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0048 (2013.01);
Abstract

A heart valve system, the system including a radially self-expandable tubular body and a valve. The tubular body having an inflow end and an outflow end, and the tubular body including a proximal-most end at the inflow end and a distal-most end at the outflow end. The tubular body including a plurality of arched beams at the outflow end of the tubular body such that the arched beams form the distal-most end of the tubular body. Connection points linking the inflow end of the tubular body and the arched beams, a number of connection points being equivalent to a number of the valve leaflets. Each arched beam being directly attached to an adjacent arched beam such that the arched beams are continuous along the entire circumference of the tubular body at the outflow end. The valve being coupled to the tubular body and including a plurality of valve leaflets.


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