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Transcatheter valve prosthesis and a concurrently delivered sealing component

  • US 10,478,298 B2
  • Filed: 08/31/2016
  • Issued: 11/19/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A transcatheter valve prosthesis comprising:

  • a tubular stent having a compressed configuration for delivery within a vasculature and an expanded configuration for deployment within a native heart valve;

    a prosthetic valve component disposed within and secured to the tubular stent; and

    an annular sealing component coupled to and encircling an outer surface of the tubular stent, the sealing component including a cylindrical sleeve formed of a flexible material and a plurality of ribs longitudinally extending over the cylindrical sleeve, each rib of the plurality of ribs longitudinally extending at least from a first end of the cylindrical sleeve to a second opposing end of the cylindrical sleeve, wherein the sealing component has a delivery configuration in which the cylindrical sleeve lays flat against the outer surface of the tubular stent and a deployed configuration in which at least a portion of each rib of the plurality of ribs is sinusoidal and cause at least a portion of cylindrical sleeve to buckle outwardly away from the outer surface of the tubular stent.

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