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PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE AND DELIVERY APPARATUS

  • US 20150157455A1
  • Filed: 12/04/2014
  • Published: 06/11/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A prosthetic heart valve, comprising:

  • a collapsible and expandable annular frame that is configured to be collapsed to a radially collapsed state for mounting on a delivery apparatus and expanded to a radially expanded state inside the body, the frame having an inflow end, an outflow end, and a longitudinal axis extending from the inflow end to the outflow end, the frame comprising a plurality of struts defining a plurality of rows of a plurality of cells;

    a collapsible and expandable valve member mounted within the annular frame;

    a collapsible and expandable skirt assembly mounted within the annular frame and comprising an upper skirt, a lower skirt, and a sealing skirt, wherein the upper and lower skirts prevent the sealing skirt from contacting the valve member, and wherein when the annular frame is expanded to its radially expanded state, portions of the sealing skirt protrude outwardly through cells of the frame.

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