Implantable prosthetic valve with non-laminar flow
AssigneeEdwards Lifesciences Corporation
InventorStanton J. Rowe
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Abstract
A prosthetic heart valve can include an expandable support stent, a valve assembly, and a connecting membrane. The support stent can have first and second end portions and can be configured to be radially expandable from a first configuration to a second configuration. The valve assembly can have an inlet portion, an outlet portion, and a plurality of leaflets, and the valve assembly can be supported in the support stent. The connecting membrane can be disposed radially between the support stent and the valve assembly, wherein the support stent and the valve assembly can be connected to the connecting membrane.
Claims10
A prosthetic heart valve, comprising:
- an expandable support stent having first and second end portions, wherein the support stent is configured to be radially expandable from a first configuration to a second configuration;
- a valve assembly having an inlet portion, an outlet portion, and a plurality of leaflets, wherein the valve assembly is supported in the support stent;
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- a connecting membrane extending radially inwardly from the support stent to the valve assembly, wherein the support stent and the valve assembly are connected to the connecting membrane;
- wherein the outlet portion of the valve assembly is disposed between the first end portion and the second end portion of the support stent;
- wherein the first configuration is a crimped configuration and the second configuration is a deployed configuration, and the valve assembly is spaced radially inwardly from the support stent via the connecting membrane by 0.5 cm to 3 cm when the support stent is in the deployed configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.