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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2005
Van Le Huynh, Tustin, CA (US);
Than Nguyen, Anaheim, CA (US);
Hung Ly Lam, Norco, CA (US);
Xiaoming G. Guo, Dove Canyon, CA (US);
Ralph Kafesjian, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Van Le Huynh, Tustin, CA (US);
Than Nguyen, Anaheim, CA (US);
Hung Ly Lam, Norco, CA (US);
Xiaoming G. Guo, Dove Canyon, CA (US);
Ralph Kafesjian, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
Prosthetic heart valve suture rings having a suturable annulus of a compliant internal member and a cloth covering. Three evenly spaced upwardly opening depressions formed on an internal circumference of the suturable annulus receive downwardly-directed cusps of a stent structure of the heart valve. The suture ring may include a silicone sponge waffle annulus having a walled lip on an inner circumference thereof. The lip is contoured to include the three depressions, and a ring washer mounts on the annulus surrounding the walled lip for added stiffness.