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US 2014/0005777 A1Published application
Valve cuff support
AssigneeSt. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
InventorsSteven Frederick Anderl, Peter Nicholas Braido, Julia Ann Schraut
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Abstract
A prosthetic heart valve includes a stent having a collapsed condition and an expanded condition. The stent has a proximal end, a distal end and a plurality of cells, each cell being formed by a plurality of struts. A valve assembly is secured to the stent and includes a cuff and a plurality of leaflets. The plurality of leaflets are attached to the cuff adjacent an underwire that extends about the perimeter of the cuff.
Claims22
A prosthetic heart valve, comprising:
- a stent having a collapsed condition and an expanded condition, the stent having a proximal end, a distal end and a plurality of cells, each cell being formed by a plurality of struts;
- an underwire disposed around the perimeter of the stent;
- and
- a valve assembly secured to the stent, the valve assembly including a cuff and a plurality of leaflets, the cuff being coupled to the underwire and the plurality of leaflets being attached to the cuff adjacent the underwire.
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A prosthetic heart valve, comprising:
- a stent having a collapsed condition and an expanded condition, the stent having a proximal end, a distal end and a plurality of cells, each cell being formed by a plurality of struts;
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- a valve assembly secured to the stent, the valve assembly including a cuff and a plurality of leaflets, the cuff having a reinforcement region about the perimeter of the cuff and the plurality of leaflets being attached to the cuff at the reinforcement region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.