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Devices and systems for docking a heart valve

  • US 10,363,130 B2
  • Filed: 02/01/2017
  • Issued: 07/30/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An expandable docking station for an expandable valve comprising:

  • a valve seat that is substantially unexpandable beyond a deployed size;

    one or more sealing portions connected to the valve seat that are constructed to expand radially outward of the valve seat and provide a seal over a range of sizes; and

    one or more retaining portions connected to the one or more sealing portions that are configured to retain the docking station at a deployed position;

    wherein the valve seat and the one or more sealing portions act as an isolator that reduces or prevents radial outward forces of an expandable valve in the valve seat from being transferred to the one or more sealing portions or the one or more retaining portions.

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