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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2022
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A leaflet assembly for a prosthetic heart valve is disclosed. As one example, a method includes: forming a plurality of leaflet sub-assemblies, each including a leaflet and a skirt and formed by placing the skirt on one side of the leaflet such that the skirt extends along a curved cusp edge portion and two commissure tabs of the leaflet, folding two end portions of the skirt around corresponding commissures tabs, stitching each folded end portion to a corresponding commissure tab to form a respective half commissure portion, and stitching the skirt to the cusp edge portion and forming the leaflet assembly by pairing each half commissure portion of each leaflet sub-assembly with a half commissure portion of another leaflet sub-assembly to form a plurality of pairs of adjacent half commissure portions, and for each pair, stitching the adjacent half commissure portions to each other to form a commissure.