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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2023
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Jeanette Jasmine Corona, Anaheim, CA (US);
Taylor Michael Winters, Stevenson Ranch, CA (US);
Ashley Akemi Ishigo, Torrance, CA (US);
Lien Huong Thi Hoang, San Juan Capistrano, CA (US);
Gil Senesh, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
Vicky Hong Do, Anaheim, CA (US);
Quang Ngoc Vu, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Kim D. Nguyen, Irvine, CA (US);
Brendan Michael Dalbow, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for attaching a radiopaque marker to a prosthetic heart valve to indicate a location of a commissure of the prosthetic heart valve are disclosed. As one embodiment, a prosthetic heart valve can include a frame including a plurality of struts forming a plurality of cells of the frame arranged between an inflow end and an outflow end of the frame, a plurality of leaflets arranged within the frame, at least one commissure comprising an attachment member arranged across a selected cell of the plurality of cells of the frame and attached to struts of the frame forming the selected cell, and commissure tabs of two adjacent leaflets coupled to the attachment member, and a radiopaque marker arranged on the attachment member of the commissure. The marker is configured to indicate a location of the commissure of the prosthetic heart valve.