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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2021
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Thuy Linh Dinh, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Alkindi Kibria, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Victoria Ung, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Veronica Woen, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Priyanka Ganesh, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Kshitija Garde, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Medtronic Vacular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Abstract
An assembly includes a medical device having a stent and a prosthetic valve connected to the stent. The prosthetic valve includes valve leaflets. The assembly further includes a buffer piece having a leaflet cover and a removable attaching structure. The leaflet cover protects the valve leaflets and the removable attaching structure removably attaches the buffer piece to the medical device. The buffer piece prevents contact, imprinting, abrasion, and/or damage to the valve leaflets.