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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2018
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Steven M. Claessens, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Rachel Ann Cooney, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of preparing a sterilized heart valve, the method comprising: compressing a compressible frame of a heart valve from an expanded configuration to a crimped configuration; the heart valve comprising the frame and a plurality of leaflets coupled to the frame; wherein each of the plurality of leaflets comprises a dry, unfixed, decellularized, antigen-free biological tissue that has been treated with a solution comprising a polyol or polyhydric alcohol; packaging the heart valve within a sealed packaging system while the heart valve is in the crimped configuration; and sterilizing the heart valve packaged within the sealed packaging system with one or more cycles of electron beam radiation.