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US 2017/0290659 A1Published application
Heart valve prosthesis
AssigneeBIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG
InventorsJens Ulmer, Nicolas Degen
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Abstract
A heart valve prosthesis (1), including: a stent framework (2), which can be transferred from a collapsed state into an expanded state, in which the stent framework (2) extends along an axis (A′), wherein the stent framework (2) has a plurality of struts (20, 24), which form a plurality of cells (21a, 21b, 25) connected to one another; and a heart valve (3), which is fixed to the stent framework (2). In accordance with the invention, the thickness (d′) of the struts varies in the peripheral direction (U) of the expanded stent framework (2).
Claims15
A heart valve prosthesis (1), comprising:
- a stent framework (2), which can be transferred from a collapsed state into an expanded state, in which the stent framework (2) extends along an axis (A′), wherein the stent framework (2) has a plurality of struts (20, 24), which form a plurality of cells (21a, 21b, 25) connected to one another, and
- a heart valve (3), which is secured to the stent framework (2),
- characterized in that the thickness (d′) of the struts varies in a peripheral direction (U).
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