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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2021
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Alex L. Bloomquist, Mound, MN (US);
Kristopher Henry Vietmeier, Monticello, MN (US);
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A heart prosthesis system may include a prosthetic heart valve and a length of suture. The prosthetic heart valve may include a collapsible and expandable stent and a valve assembly mounted within the stent. The stent may have an aortic end, an annulus end, and a plurality of openings arranged circumferentially around the aortic end, the aortic end having a first diameter in an expanded condition. The length of suture may be threaded through the openings such that tension applied to the length of suture in a direction away from the stent may collapse the aortic end of the stent from the first diameter to a second diameter less than the first diameter.