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Valve replacement devices, delivery device for a valve replacement device and method of production of a valve replacement device

  • US 10,201,418 B2
  • Filed: 04/29/2016
  • Issued: 02/12/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A valve replacement device for transcatheter implantation, comprising:

  • a stent component having an inflow extremity and an outflow extremity,the stent component being radially compressible to a compressed state for delivery to a site of implantation and radially expandable to a functional state;

    valve leaflets mounted at least partly within the stent component;

    an inner skirt attached to the valve leaflets, the inner skirt extending at least partly within the stent component towards the inflow extremity; and

    an outer skirt extending at least partly outside the stent component, the outer skirt extending further than the inner skirt towards the inflow extremity wherein the stent component comprises a first end, a second end and at least one intermediate section arranged between the first end and the second end, the intermediate section comprising at least two commissural posts; and

    each valve leaflet includes at least two tabs, the tabs projecting through slits in the inner skirt and attached directly to the commissural posts.

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