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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022

Filed:

Jul. 03, 2019
Applicant:

Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);

Inventors:

Charles Tabor, St. Louis Park, MN (US);

Carol E. Eberhardt, Fullerton, CA (US);

Timothy G. Laske, Shoreview, MN (US);

Timothy R. Ryan, Shorewood, MN (US);

Joseph C. Morrow, Eden Prairie, MN (US);

Tammy Y. Tam, San Francisco, CA (US);

Brian A. Glynn, Santa Rosa, CA (US);

Anne L. Brody Rubin, San Francisco, CA (US);

Michael J. Tuchek, Berwyn, IL (US);

Assignee:

Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61F 2/01 (2006.01); A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61F 2/89 (2013.01); A61F 2/90 (2013.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/2418 (2013.01); A61F 2/013 (2013.01); A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61F 2/2433 (2013.01); A61F 2/2436 (2013.01); A61F 2/89 (2013.01); A61F 2/90 (2013.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61F 2002/016 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0058 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0075 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0091 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0006 (2013.01); A61F 2230/008 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0054 (2013.01); A61F 2250/003 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0018 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0039 (2013.01);
Abstract

A stented valve including a generally tubular stent structure that has a longitudinal axis, first and second opposite ends, a plurality of commissure support structures spaced from the first and second ends and extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis, at least one structural wire positioned between each two adjacent commissure support structures, and at least one wing portion extending from two adjacent commissure support structures and toward one of the first and second ends of the stent structure. The stewed valve further includes a valve structure attached within the generally tubular stent structure to the commissure support structures.


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