公开(公告)号：US20230380963A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-30

申请号：US18231367

申请日：2023-08-08

Applicant: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION

Inventor： Yevgeniy Davidovich Kaufman ,  Qinggang Zeng ,  Matthew A. Peterson ,  Kevin M. Golemo ,  Tejler Javier Gasga ,  Eric Robert Dixon

IPC: A61F2/24

CPC classification number: A61F2/2418 ,  A61F2250/0029 ,  A61F2220/0008 ,  A61F2230/0017 ,  A61F2/90

Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of replacement heart valves. Embodiments may include a collapsible and expandable frame comprising rows of cells. The frame may include a plurality of axial connection portions extending between top ends and bottom ends of the cells, wherein each axial connecting portion is shaped to bend for accommodating temporary changes in cell height during non-uniform compression of the replacement heart valve. Frames having these features are advantageous when advancing a replacement heart valve through a funnel-shaped compression tool. The axial connection portions are sufficiently flexible to accommodate changes in frame shapes during compression while also being sufficiently resilient for enhancing the structural integrity of the frame in the fully deployed state. The replacement heart valves are preferably dual-frame heart valves, wherein the axial connection portions form a portion of an inner frame and wherein an outer frame is provided for engaging tissue and forming a seal.

公开(公告)号：US20250134659A1

公开(公告)日：2025-05-01

申请号：US19011433

申请日：2025-01-06

Applicant: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION

Inventor： Brandon Sina Dehdashtian ,  Cooper Ryan Rickerson ,  Hiroshi Okabe ,  Jonathan Yeh ,  Tejler Javier Gasga ,  Madison Paige Kukura ,  Zachary Charles VanEvery ,  Rani Abdullah Mahmoudi ,  Kevin M. Stewart

IPC: A61F2/24 ,  A61B17/3201

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for prosthetic valves. An implantation site may comprise a native heart valve or another implantation site in examples. Examples may be utilized for improved anchoring and sealing of flow (e.g., paravalvular leakage) with a native heart valve having calcification. Examples may include breaking up calcification of a native heart valve to improve deployment to the native heart valve.