Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Integrated hybrid heart valves
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Application No.: US15199748Application Date: 2016-06-30
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Publication No.: US10456246B2Publication Date: 2019-10-29
- Inventor: Brian S. Conklin , Qinggang Zeng , Myron Howanec, Jr. , Grace Myong Kim
- Applicant: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Irvine
- Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Current Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Irvine
- Agent Guy Cumberbatch
- Main IPC: A61F2/24
- IPC: A61F2/24

Abstract:
A prosthetic heart valve configured to replace a native heart valve and having a support frame configured to be reshaped into an expanded form in order to receive and/or support an expandable prosthetic heart valve therein is disclosed, together with methods of using same. The prosthetic heart valve may be configured to have a generally rigid and/or expansion-resistant configuration when initially implanted to replace a native valve (or other prosthetic heart valve), but to assume a generally expanded form when subjected to an outward force such as that provided by a dilation balloon or other mechanical expander. An inflow stent frame is expandable for anchoring the valve in place, and may have an outflow end that is collapsible to a limited degree for delivery and expandable post-implant to facilitate a valve-in-valve (ViV) procedure. The hybrid heart valves eliminate earlier structural bands, which both reduces manufacturing time and facilitates a ViV procedure.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170000604A1 INTEGRATED HYBRID HEART VALVES Public/Granted day:2017-01-05
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