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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2018
Mitrassist Medical Ltd., Caesarea, IL;
Gil Naor, Hofit, IL;
Gideon Meyer-Brodnitz, Yokneam, IL;
Mitrassist Medical Ltd., Caesarea, IL;
Abstract
A heart valve prosthesis including a frame, the frame including a plurality of struts designed to extend from an upstream side of a natural heart valve to a downstream side of the natural heart valve, and a plurality of connectors attached to the plurality of struts, wherein the plurality of connectors are arranged as arcs connecting the struts, the arcs having two ends, each end attached to one of the struts, and a peak pointing from a center of the frame circumferentially outward and toward the upstream side of the frame, and the plurality of connectors are arranged as at least two rows, each row circumnavigating the center lumen of the frame. Related apparatus and methods are also described.