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Valve assembly for crimp profile

  • US 10,470,880 B2
  • Filed: 10/14/2015
  • Issued: 11/12/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A constraint for assembling a prosthetic heart valve including a collapsible and expandable stent having an annulus section, the annulus section having a first annulus diameter in a relaxed condition and a second annulus diameter less than the first annulus diameter in a collapsed condition, the constraint comprising:

  • a cylindrical body having a proximal opening, a distal opening, and a lumen defined between the proximal opening and the distal opening and sized to constrain the annulus section to a predetermined annulus diameter between the first annulus diameter and the second annulus diameter, the body further comprising at least one window configured and arranged to permit assembly of the prosthetic heart valve therethrough.

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