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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2022
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Da-Yu Chang, Irvine, CA (US);
Amy E. Munnelly, Irvine, CA (US);
Van Huynh, Anaheim, CA (US);
Avina Gupta, Alta Loma, CA (US);
Brian S. Conklin, Orange, CA (US);
Sooji Van Echten, Cerritos, CA (US);
Kurt Kelly Reed, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Amanda Grace Sall, Hoover, AL (US);
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A prosthetic heart valve has a plurality of valve leaflets that control directional flow of blood through a heart and a stent structure having a plurality of commissure posts supporting the valve leaflets. The stent structure has a covering over the plurality of commissure posts and has a sewing ring at an inflow end of the stent structure. Each of the plurality of commissure posts has a tip and a suture loop is attached to the covering at a location adjacent to or on the tip of the commissure post. Each suture loop provides a passage for a suture to pass through between the covering and the suture loop.