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Flexible commissure frame

  • US 10,058,420 B2
  • Filed: 02/18/2015
  • Issued: 08/28/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A prosthetic device for implantation at a cardiac valve annulus, the prosthetic device comprising:

  • an annular frame having an inflow end, an outflow end, at least four circumferentially extending rows of angled struts, and a plurality of axial frame members bridging two of the circumferentially extending rows of angled struts that are closest to the outflow end, wherein each axial frame member has a first end closer to the inflow end and a second end closer to the outflow end, and the plurality of axial frame members comprises a plurality of axially extending leaflet attachment members and a plurality of axial struts in a 1;

    1 ratio, and further wherein there is exactly one row of angled struts linking the second ends of the axial frame members and no more than one row of angled struts between the second ends of the plurality of axial frame members and the outflow end, and there are at least three rows of angled struts between the first ends of the plurality of axial frame members and the inflow end.

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