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US 9,844,434 B2Granted
Intra-annular mounting frame for aortic valve repair
AssigneeBioStable Science & Engineering, Inc.
InventorJ. Scott Rankin
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Abstract
An intra-annular mounting frame for an aortic valve having native aortic cusps is provided which includes a frame body with native leaflet reorienting curvatures and interconnecting points; the curvatures shaped to be received inside the valve below the native aortic cusps and to reorient the native aortic cusps within the aortic valve, where each of the curvatures extends concavely upward from a reference latitudinal plane tangential to each curvature's base.
Claims22
An intra-annular mounting frame for a bicuspid aortic valve, comprising:
- two curvatures having ends,
- two points interconnecting the ends of the curvatures, and
- two posts, such that a post extends from each point;
- wherein the curvatures are shaped to be received inside the valve below native cusps of the valve and to reorient the cusps within the valve, and
- wherein the posts extend from the points at an angle of 0 degrees to about 30 degrees when measured from an internal area of a vertical plane of the frame.
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