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AssigneeSt. Jude Medical, Inc.
InventorsPeter N. Braido, Paul Edward Ashworth, Julia Ann Schraut
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A prosthetic heart valve is provided with a cuff having features which promote sealing with the native tissues even where the native tissues are irregular. The cuff may include a portion adapted to bear on the LVOT when the valve is implanted in a native aortic valve. The valve may include elements for biasing the cuff outwardly with respect to the stent body when the stent body is in an expanded condition. The cuff may have portions of different thickness distributed around the circumference of the valve in a pattern matching the shape of the opening defined by the native tissue. All or part of the cuff may be movable relative to the stent during implantation.
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A method of implanting a prosthetic heart valve within a native valve annulus of a patient, the prosthetic heart valve including a stent body, a valve element mounted within the stent body and operative to allow flow through the stent body in an antegrade direction and to substantially block flow through the stent body in a retrograde direction, and a cuff connected to the stent body and including an inner wall adjacent the stent body and an outer wall spaced outwardly from the inner wall so as to define a space between the inner wall and the outer wall, the method comprising:
A method of implanting a prosthetic heart valve within a native valve annulus of a patient, the prosthetic heart valve including a stent body, a valve element mounted within the stent body and operative to allow flow through the stent body in an antegrade direction but to substantially block flow through the stent body in a retrograde direction, and a cuff including a pocket having an outer surface and an opening, the pocket being attached to the stent body, the method comprising:
A method of implanting a prosthetic heart valve within a native valve annulus of a patient, the prosthetic heart valve including a stent body, a valve element mounted within the stent body and operative to allow flow through the stent body in an antegrade direction but to substantially block flow through the stent body in a retrograde direction, and a cuff including a pocket and having an outer surface, the method comprising:
A method of implanting a prosthetic heart valve within a native valve annulus of a patient, the method comprising:
A method of implanting a prosthetic heart valve within a native valve annulus of a patient, the method comprising:
A method of implanting a prosthetic heart valve within a native valve annulus of a patient, the method comprising:
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