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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2021
Cephea Valve Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Zachary R. Vidlund, Robbinsdale, MN (US);
Spencer Noe, San Miguel, CA (US);
Randolf Von Oepen, Aptos, CA (US);
Cephea Valve Technologies, Inc., Abbott Park, IL (US);
Abstract
A prosthetic mitral valve includes a stent frame and an anchor assembly coupled to and peripherally surrounding the stent frame. The anchor assembly includes atrial anchors on the inflow end, ventricular anchors on the outflow end, and a central waist portion disposed therebetween. The anchor assembly generally defines an hourglass shape wherein the atrial and ventricular anchors flare radially outward and the central waist portion has a relatively smaller diameter. The prosthetic valve may include a gasket disposed peripherally around the central waist portion to seal the space between the body of the valve and the native valve annulus to prevent paravalvular leakage without increasing the profile of the valve to allow for smooth insertion into and deployment from a delivery device. The prosthetic valve may alternatively include a sealing fabric surrounding the anchor assembly defining a radial protrusion around the central waist portion to seal the native annulus.