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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2003
Alain F. Carpentier, Paris, FR;
Stefan G. Schreck, Vista, CA (US);
Richard S. Rhee, Diamond Bar, CA (US);
Diana Nguyen-thien-nhon, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Hung Ly Lam, Norco, CA (US);
William Recktenwald, Clarence Ctr., NY (US);
Alain F. Carpentier, Paris, FR;
Stefan G. Schreck, Vista, CA (US);
Richard S. Rhee, Diamond Bar, CA (US);
Diana Nguyen-Thien-Nhon, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Hung Ly Lam, Norco, CA (US);
William Recktenwald, Clarence Ctr., NY (US);
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A highly flexible tissue-type heart valve is disclosed having a structural stent in a generally cylindrical configuration with cusps and commissures that are permitted to move radially. The stent commissures are constructed so that the cusps are pivotably or flexibly coupled together at the commissures to permit relative movement therebetween.