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Recapturable valve-graft combination and related methods

  • US 10,314,699 B2
  • Filed: 02/11/2016
  • Issued: 06/11/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A therapeutic device, comprising:

  • a prosthetic heart valve including a collapsible and expandable stent having an aortic section with a first cross-section in an expanded condition and an annulus section with a second cross-section in the expanded condition, the second cross-section being smaller than the first cross-section, the stent including a plurality of struts defining a plurality of cells, and a valve assembly disposed within the annulus section of the stent, the valve assembly including a plurality of leaflets operative to permit blood flow from the annulus section to the aortic section but to substantially block blood flow from the aortic section to the annulus section; and

    a graft coupled to the aortic section of the stent, the graft having a body and at least one lining disposed on the body, the body defining a lumen therethrough and including a plurality of legs, each of the legs being formed of a plurality of wire strands, and each of the legs being directly coupled to the aortic section of the stent.

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