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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2020
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Caytlin Gale, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Gary Erzberger, Plymouth, MN (US);
Kristen T. Morin, St. Paul, MN (US);
Trevor J. Springer, Stillwater, MN (US);
Jaron J. Olsoe, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Kristopher Henry Vietmeier, Monticello, MN (US);
Julia K. Roe, Stoughton, WI (US);
Hannah Mitchell, Anchorage, AK (US);
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A prosthetic heart valve may include a collapsible and expandable stent, a cuff attached to an annulus section of the stent, and a plurality of leaflets attached to at least one of the cuff or the stent within an interior region of the stent. The stent may have a plurality of cells connected to one another in a plurality of annular rows around the stent. The leaflets together may have a coapted position occluding the interior region of the stent and an open position in which the interior region is not occluded. Each leaflet may include a flat mesh of braided wire material having a plurality of pores extending therethrough. The leaflets may be devoid of biological material at a time of implantation.