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US 2026/0083554 A1Published application
Prosthetic heart valves with expansion and locking assemblies
AssigneeEdwards Lifesciences Corporation
InventorsJoseph Mordechai Leichner, Tamir S. Levi
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to implantable, mechanically expandable prosthetic devices, such as prosthetic heart valves, and to assemblies and methods for facilitating change in diameter of such prosthetic devices.
Claims20
A prosthetic valve, comprising:
- a frame movable between a radially compressed and a radially expanded configuration;
- at least one expansion and locking mechanism, comprising:
- an outer member, coupled to the frame at a first location;
- an inner member, coupled to the frame at a second location spaced apart from the first location, the inner member extending at least partially into the outer member;
- at least one plate comprising a primary aperture, disposed around the inner member, the at least one plate configured to transition between an angled locking orientation and a non-locking orientation;
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- at least one spring disposed between the outer member and the at least one plate.
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