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Heart valve prosthesis

  • US 10,543,079 B2
  • Filed: 04/26/2017
  • Issued: 01/28/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A prosthesis comprising:

  • a frame having a valve-retaining tubular portion and an inflow portion radially extending from a first end of the valve-retaining tubular portion, wherein the inflow portion is formed from a plurality of struts, wherein each strut has a base segment joined to the valve-retaining tubular portion, wherein each strut has first and second branch segments that diverge from the base segment, wherein the base segment has a twisted area, and wherein each of the first and second branch segments has a respective twisted area, and wherein a cut width of each of the twisted areas is turned one of clockwise or counterclockwise relative to an initial position of the cut width in a cut pattern of the frame.

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