# US 2026/0083553 A1 · Prosthetic heart valve having non-cylindrical frame > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2026/0083553 A1 - Document ID: US20260083553A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 19/197,733 - Filed: 2025-05-02 - Published: 2026-03-26 - Earliest claimed: 2018-10-19 - Assignees: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation - Applicants: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation - Inventors: ANATOLY DVORSKY; Tamir S. Levi; Yair A. Neumann; Noa Axelrod Manela; Eitan Atias; Or Cohen; Elazar Levi Schwarcz; Ofir Witzman; Noam Miller; Boaz Manash; Danny M. Garmahi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20260083553A1 ## CPC - A61F 2/2418: {Scaffolds therefor, e.g. support stents} - A61F 2/243: {Deployment by mechanical expansion} - A61F 2/2439: {Expansion controlled by filaments} - A61F 2/844: folded prior to deployment - A61F 2/2436: {Deployment by retracting a sheath} - A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C) ## Abstract An implantable prosthetic device can include a radially expandable and compressible frame comprising a plurality of struts each comprising a first portion including one or more first segments and a second portion including one or more second segments, wherein the first segments are closer to an outflow end of the frame than the second segments, and a valvular structure mounted in the frame such that a majority of the volume is disposed in the portion of the frame comprising the second portions of the struts. The one or more first segments have a first width and the one or more second segments have a second width narrower than the first width. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An implantable prosthetic device, comprising: a radially expandable and compressible frame comprising a plurality of struts each having a first portion including one or more first segments and a second portion including one or more second segments, the first segments being positioned closer to an outflow end of the frame than the second segments; and a valvular structure comprising a plurality of leaflets mounted in the frame such that a majority of the volume of the leaflets is disposed in the portion of the frame comprising the second portions of the struts; wherein the one or more first segments have a first width and the one or more second segments have a second width narrower than the first width; and wherein each strut further comprises a plurality of intermediate portions disposed between pairs of adjacent first segments, adjacent second segments, and between adjacent first and second segments, the intermediate portions having a third width greater than the first width and the second width. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The prosthetic device of claim 1, wherein each strut comprises an equal number of first segments and second segments. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The prosthetic device of claim 1, wherein each strut comprises an unequal number of first segments and second segments. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The prosthetic device of claim 1, wherein the one or more first segments and the one or more second segments are offset from adjacent segments in a first direction that is perpendicular to a longitudinal axis distal to one of the one or more second segments. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The prosthetic device of claim 1, wherein the intermediate portions have a circular shape and wherein the first and second segments have a linear shape. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The prosthetic device of claim 1, wherein each strut is pivotably coupled to one or more other struts of the plurality of struts at the intermediate segments. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The prosthetic device of claim 6, wherein when the frame is in the radially compressed configuration adjacent edges of adjacent first segments are disposed next to one another defining a first space between them and adjacent edges of adjacent second segments are disposed adjacent one another defining a second space between them, and wherein the second space is greater than the first space. ### Claim 8 An implantable prosthetic device, comprising: a radially expandable and compressible frame comprising a plurality of struts each comprising a plurality of segments, a plurality of intermediate portions, a first end portion, and a second end portion; a valvular structure comprising a plurality of leaflets mounted in the frame such that a majority of the volume of the leaflets is disposed in a first portion of the frame comprising the second end portions of the struts; and wherein the intermediate portions and the first end portion have a first width, and wherein the second end portion has a second width less than the first width. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The prosthetic device of claim 8, wherein the intermediate portions have a rounded shape and wherein the plurality of segments have a linear shape. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The prosthetic device of claim 8, wherein the plurality of segments each have a third width, and wherein the third width is less than the first and second widths. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The prosthetic device of claim 8, wherein the first width is 0.8 mm. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The prosthetic device of claim 8, wherein the second width is 0.5 mm. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The prosthetic device of claim 8, wherein when the frame is in a radially compressed configuration the frame tapers from a first diameter at a first end comprising the plurality of first end portions to a second diameter at a second end comprising the plurality of second end portions, the second diameter being narrower than the first diameter. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The prosthetic device of claim 8, wherein when the frame is in a radially compressed configuration the frame tapers from a first diameter at an inflow end comprising the plurality of first end portions to a second diameter at an outflow end comprising the plurality of second end portions, the second diameter being narrower than the first diameter. ### Claim 15 An implantable prosthetic device, comprising: a radially expandable and compressible frame comprising a plurality of struts each comprising a plurality of segments, a plurality of intermediate portions, a first end portion, and a second end portion; a valvular structure comprising a plurality of leaflets mounted in the frame such that a majority of the volume of the leaflets is disposed in a first portion of the frame comprising the second end portions of the struts; and wherein the first end portions have a first width, the second end portions have a second width, and the intermediate portions have a third width, the first and second widths being smaller than the third width. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The prosthetic device of claim 15, wherein the first and second widths are equal such that when the frame is in a compressed configuration the frame has a barrel shape wherein a central diameter of the frame is greater than a first diameter at a first end of the frame and a second diameter at a second end of the frame. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The prosthetic device of claim 15, wherein the second width is narrower than the first width such that when the frame is in a compressed configuration the frame tapers from a first diameter at a first end comprising the first end portions to a second, smaller diameter at a second end comprising the second end portions. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The prosthetic device of claim 15, wherein each strut is pivotably coupled to one or more other struts of the plurality of struts via the intermediate segments. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The prosthetic device of claim 15, wherein the plurality of segments each have a linear shape and wherein of the plurality of intermediate portions each have a circular shape. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The prosthetic device of claim 15, wherein each strut comprises four segments.