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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2021
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Dustin P. Armer, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Michael D. Franklin, Irvine, CA (US);
Sergio Delgado, Irvine, CA (US);
Abhijeet Joshi, Irvine, CA (US);
Dinesh L. Sirimanne, Irvine, CA (US);
Russell T. Joseph, Las Flores, CA (US);
Eason Michael Abbott, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Tram Ngoc Nguyen, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Son V. Nguyen, Irvine, CA (US);
Hien Tran Ngo, Irvine, CA (US);
Vivian Tran, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Charles L. Bowman, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Stanton J. Rowe, Newport Coast, CA (US);
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
An expandable docking station frame includes a waist portion, a sealing portion connected to the waist portion, and a retaining portion connected to the sealing portion. The sealing portion is expandable radially outward of the waist portion to provide a seal against a first location of an inner surface of a circulatory system at a deployed position over a range of sizes of expansion. The retaining portion is expandable radially outward to engage a second location of the inner surface of the circulatory system at the deployed position, to retain the docking station at the deployed position in the circulatory system. When the expandable docking station frame is in an expanded and unconstrained state, the sealing portion and the retaining portion are joined by a concave profile portion radially inward of each of a first outermost diameter of the sealing portion and a second outermost diameter of the retaining portion.