Collapsible/Expandable Prosthetic Heart Valves With Native Calcified Leaflet Retention Features
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Abstract
A prosthetic heart valve is circumferentially collapsible for less invasive delivery into a patient. The valve re-expands to operating size at the implant site in the patient. A frame structure of the valve includes restraining structure that can help to push one or more of the patient'"'"'s native heart valve leaflets radially outwardly so that this native leaflet tissue does not interfere with the operation or service life of the prosthetic valve.
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35 Claims
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1-15. -15. (canceled)
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16. A prosthetic heart valve comprising:
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an annular frame structure that is adapted for (1) delivery into a patient'"'"'s native heart valve annulus in a circumferentially collapsed condition, and (2) circumferential re-expansion when in the annulus, the frame structure having a proximal end adjacent an annulus portion and a distal end; a leaflet structure disposed in the frame structure; and at least two fingers spaced apart, each of the at least two fingers having a first end coupled to the annulus portion of the frame structure and being cantilevered from the annulus portion. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A collapsible and expandable prosthetic heart valve comprising:
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an annular frame structure that is adapted for (1) delivery into a patient'"'"'s native heart valve annulus in a circumferentially collapsed condition, and (2) circumferential re-expansion when in the annulus, the frame structure having a proximal end adjacent an annulus portion and a distal end; a leaflet structure disposed in the frame structure; and at least two fingers circumferentially spaced about the annulus portion and coupled to the annulus portion, each of the at least two fingers being configured and arrange to move relative to the annular frame structure. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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