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APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REPLACING A DISEASED CARDIAC VALVE

  • US 20110178597A9
  • Filed: 07/01/2010
  • Published: 07/21/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for replacing a diseased cardiac valve, said apparatus being movable from a radially collapsed configuration to a radially expanded configuration, said apparatus comprising:

  • an expandable support member having a first end portion, a second end portion, and a main body portion extending between said first and second end portions, said main body portion including an outer circumferential surface and a circumferential axis extending about said outer circumferential surface; and

    a prosthetic valve secured within said main body portion of said expandable support member;

    said main body portion including a plurality of wing members spaced apart from one another by an expandable region, each of said wing members including a first end portion, a second end portion, and a flexible middle portion extending between said first and second end portions, said second end portion of each of said wing members being integrally formed with said main body portion;

    said first end portion of each of said wing members being adjacent said circumferential axis and substantially flush with said outer circumferential surface when said apparatus is in the radially collapsed configuration;

    said first end portion of each of said wing members extending substantially radial to said outer circumferential surface when said apparatus is in the radially expanded configuration.

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