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Prosthetic heart valve and delivery apparatus

  • US 10,098,734 B2
  • Filed: 12/04/2014
  • Issued: 10/16/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A prosthetic heart valve, comprising:

  • a collapsible and expandable annular frame that is configured to be collapsed to a radially collapsed state for mounting on a delivery apparatus and expanded to a radially expanded state inside a body, the frame having an inflow end, an outflow end, and an outer surface and a longitudinal axis extending from the inflow end to the outflow end, the frame comprising a plurality of struts defining a plurality of cells;

    a collapsible and expandable valve member mounted within the annular frame;

    a collapsible and expandable skirt assembly mounted within the annular frame and comprising an upper skirt, a lower skirt, wherein a portion of the expandable valve member is secured between overlapping portions of the upper skirt and the lower skirt,wherein along a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the valve member is positioned radially outward from the lower skirt, the upper skirt is positioned radially outward from the valve member; and

    a sealing skirt is positioned radially outward from the upper skirt.

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