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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2019
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
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);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
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.