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AssigneeSt. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
InventorsPeter Nicholas Braido, Daniel Coyle, Mary Johnson, Julia Ann Schraut, Ryan Buesseler, Jacob John Daly
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A method of assembling a prosthetic heart valve includes providing a collapsible and expandable stent having an annulus section and an aortic section. The annulus section has a first diameter in a relaxed condition and a second diameter less than the first diameter in a collapsed condition. A constraint is applied to the stent to constrain the annulus section to a predetermined diameter between the first and second diameters. Applying a cuff and/or a plurality of leaflets to the stent in the constrained condition enables less material to be used. The resultant prosthetic valve is therefore able to be collapsed to a smaller diameter for introduction into a patient.
A method of assembling a prosthetic heart valve, comprising:
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