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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2022
Applicant:
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Yousef F. Alkhatib, Edina, MN (US);
Peter N. Braido, Wyoming, MN (US);
Assignee:
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/2418 (2013.01); A61F 2/2412 (2013.01); A61F 2/2427 (2013.01); A61F 2/2436 (2013.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61F 2/9517 (2020.05); A61F 2002/9534 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0075 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0039 (2013.01);
Abstract
A collapsible prosthetic heart valve includes a collapsible and expandable stent and a collapsible and expandable valve assembly. The stent has a proximal end and a distal end. A plurality of commissure points is disposed on the stent. The valve assembly is disposed within the stent and includes a plurality of leaflets. Each leaflet has a free edge. An end portion of the free edge of each leaflet is folded and sutured to a corresponding one of the plurality of the commissure points.