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Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 14, 2023
Applicant:

Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);

Inventors:

Justin Peterson, Santa Rosa, CA (US);

Stuart Kari, Windsor, CA (US);

Michael Krivoruchko, Forestville, CA (US);

Matthew Baldwin, Santa Rosa, CA (US);

Finn Rinne, Santa Rosa, CA (US);

Assignee:

MEDTRONIC, INC., Minneapolis, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/2418 (2013.01); A61F 2/2433 (2013.01); A61F 2/9522 (2020.05); A61F 2250/001 (2013.01);
Abstract

A transcatheter valve prosthesis includes a balloon expandable stent and a prosthetic valve. An inflow portion of the stent includes a plurality of crowns and a plurality of struts with each crown being formed between a pair of opposing struts. Endmost inflow side openings and endmost inflow crowns are formed at the inflow end of the stent and the inflow end of the stent has a total of twelve endmost inflow crowns. An outflow portion of the stent includes a plurality of crowns and a plurality of struts with each crown being formed between a pair of opposing struts. Endmost outflow crowns are formed at the outflow end of the stent and the outflow end of the stent has a total of six endmost outflow crowns. The prosthetic valve is disposed within and secured to the stent.


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