公开(公告)号：US20190350701A1

公开(公告)日：2019-11-21

申请号：US16413056

申请日：2019-05-15

Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.

Inventor： Jasper Ellington Adamek-Bowers ,  Ali Salahieh ,  Anh Thu Pham ,  Dwight John Knab, JR.

IPC: A61F2/24

Abstract: A replacement heart valve commissure assembly may include: a locking mechanism including a first locking portion spaced apart from a second locking portion in a delivery configuration and configured to engage the second locking portion in a deployed configuration, the first locking portion being longitudinally actuatable relative to the second locking portion between the delivery and deployed configurations; and first and second valve leaflets secured to the first locking portion. A first sleeve portion of the first valve leaflet may be fixedly attached to a first fabric sleeve wrapped around a first leg of the first locking portion. A second sleeve portion of the second valve leaflet may be fixedly attached to a second fabric sleeve wrapped around a second leg of the first locking portion. The first fabric sleeve may include first and second end portions, and an elastic central portion configured to engage the first leg.