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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2013
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Rafael Pintor, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Michael J. Scott, San Diego, CA (US);
Qinggang Zeng, Irvine, CA (US);
Grace Myong Kim, Seal Beach, CA (US);
Visith Chung, Chino Hills, CA (US);
Louis A. Campbell, Santa Ana, CA (US);
David S. Lin, Irvine, CA (US);
Peng Norasing, Corona, CA (US);
Edwin T. Ta, Irvine, CA (US);
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A quick-connect heart valve prosthesis that can be quickly and easily implanted during a surgical procedure is provided. The heart valve includes a substantially non-expandable, non-compressible prosthetic valve and a plastically-expandable stent frame, thereby enabling attachment to the annulus without sutures. The prosthetic valve may be a commercially available valve with a sewing ring and the stent frame attached thereto. The stent frame may expand from a conical deployment shape to a conical expanded shape, and may have a cloth covering its entirety as well as a plush sealing flange around its periphery to prevent paravalvular leaking.