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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2022
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Theodore Paul Dale, Corcoran, MN (US);
Katherine A. Ahmann, Arden Hills, MN (US);
Brian Joseph Perszyk, Shoreview, MN (US);
Mathias Charles Glimsdale, St. Michael, MN (US);
Kristopher Henry Vietmeier, Monticello, MN (US);
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A prosthetic heart valve includes a collapsible and expandable stent extending along a longitudinal axis and having an inflow end and an outflow end, the stent including a plurality of cells annularly arranged around the stent in at least one row, the plurality of cells having a first nesting cell adjacent the outflow end of the stent, a first engaging arm disposed within the first nesting cell and being pivotally movable between a loaded condition, a partially-released condition, and a fully-released condition, the first engaging arm and the first nesting cell having a synchronous pivoting movement, and a collapsible and expandable valve assembly disposed within the stent and having a plurality of leaflets.