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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
May. 24, 2006
Stanton J. Rowe, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Larry Wood, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Henry Bourang, Irvine, CA (US);
George Bakis, La Habra Heights, CA (US);
Benjamin Spenser, Caesarea, IL;
Netanel Benichou, Nir-Etzion, IL;
Yaron Keidar, Haifa, IL;
Assaf Bash, Givat Ada, IL;
Stanton J. Rowe, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Larry Wood, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Henry Bourang, Irvine, CA (US);
George Bakis, La Habra Heights, CA (US);
Benjamin Spenser, Caesarea, IL;
Netanel Benichou, Nir-Etzion, IL;
Yaron Keidar, Haifa, IL;
Assaf Bash, Givat Ada, IL;
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A two-stage or component-based valve prosthesis that can be quickly and easily implanted during a surgical procedure is provided. The prosthetic valve comprises a support structure that is deployed at a treatment site. The prosthetic valve further comprises a valve member configured to be quickly connected to the support structure. The support structure may take the form of a stent that is expanded at the site of a native valve. If desired, the native leaflets may remain and the stent may be used to hold the native valve open. In this case, the stent may be balloon expandable and configured to resist the powerful recoil force of the native leaflets. The support structure is provided with a coupling means for attachment to the valve member, thereby fixing the position of the valve member in the body. The valve member may be a non-expandable type, or may be expandable from a compressed state to an expanded state. The system is particularly suited for rapid deployment of heart valves in a conventional open-heart surgical environment.