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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2022
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Peter N. Braido, Wyoming, MN (US);
Daniel Coyle, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Mary Johnson, St. Paul, MN (US);
Julia Ann Schraut, Shoreview, MN (US);
Ryan Buesseler, Delano, MN (US);
Jacob John Daly, Blaine, MN (US);
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A method of assembling a prosthetic heart valve includes providing a collapsible and expandable stent having an annulus section and an aortic section. The annulus section has a first diameter in a relaxed condition and a second diameter less than the first diameter in a collapsed condition. A constraint is applied to the stent to constrain the annulus section to a predetermined diameter between the first and second diameters. Applying a cuff and/or a plurality of leaflets to the stent in the constrained condition enables less material to be used. The resultant prosthetic valve is therefore able to be collapsed to a smaller diameter for introduction into a patient.