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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2012
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Rafael Pintor, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Mark Chau, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Travis Zenyo Oba, Corona, CA (US);
August R. Yambao, Temecula, CA (US);
Louis A. Campbell, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Tammy Huntley, Foothill Ranch, CA (US);
Quinggang Zeng, Irvine, CA (US);
Carey L. Cristea, Irvine, CA (US);
Faisal Kalam, Corona, CA (US);
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A heart valve prosthesis that can be quickly and easily implanted during a surgical procedure is provided. The prosthetic valve has a base stent that is deployed at a treatment site, and a valve component configured to quickly connect to the base stent. The base stent may take the form of a self- or balloon-expandable stent that expands outward against the native valve with or without leaflet excision. The valve component has a non-expandable prosthetic valve and a self- or balloon-expandable coupling stent for attachment to the base stent, thereby fixing the position of the valve component relative to the base stent. The prosthetic valve may be a commercially available valve with a sewing ring and the coupling stent attaches to the sewing ring. The system is particularly suited for rapid deployment of heart valves in a conventional open-heart surgical environment.