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US 11,376,121 B2Granted
Transcatheter valve prosthesis
AssigneeHighlife SAS
InventorMalek Nasr
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Abstract
A heart valve system, the system including a radially self-expandable tubular body, a valve, and a tubular fabric. The tubular body having an inflow end and an outflow end. The valve being coupled to the tubular body and including a plurality of valve leaflets. The fabric being disposed on an outer surface of the tubular body, and the fabric having an inflow end and an outflow end. Furthermore, the outflow end of the fabric being directly connected to an outer circumferential edge of the valve.
Claims20
A heart valve system comprising:
- a radially self-expandable tubular body having an inflow end and an outflow end, the tubular body including a groove that extends at least partially around a circumference of the tubular body and is formed as an indentation in the tubular body such that an outflow end side of the groove extends radially outward so as have a larger diameter than a diameter of a deepest part of the groove;
- a valve coupled to the tubular body, the valve including a plurality of valve leaflets;
- and
- a tubular fabric disposed on an outer surface of the tubular body, the fabric having an inflow end and an outflow end at which the fabric terminates;
- wherein:
- the outflow end of the fabric is connected to an outer circumferential edge of the valve by one or more of a suture, adhesive, clip, or clamp, at a position distal of the outflow end of the tubular body;
- and
- the tubular body is only connected to the valve through the fabric.
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A heart valve system comprising:
- a radially self-expandable tubular body having a proximal, inflow end and a distal, outflow end, the tubular body includes a groove that extends at least partially around a circumference of the tubular body and is formed as an indentation in the tubular body such that an outflow end side of the groove extends radially outward so as have a larger diameter than a diameter of a deepest part of the groove;
- a valve coupled to the tubular body, the valve including a plurality of valve leaflets;
- and
- a tubular fabric disposed on an outer surface of the tubular body, the fabric having an inflow end and an outflow end,
- wherein:
- the outflow end of the fabric is attached to an outer circumferential edge of the valve by one or more of a suture, adhesive, clip, or clamp, at a position distal of the outflow end of the tubular body, the outflow end of the fabric being attached to the outer circumferential edge of the valve without the tubular body intervening therebetween, and
- the attachment between the fabric and the valve forms a distal-most attachment of the system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.