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SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SEALING A DEPLOYED VALVE COMPONENT

  • US 20170112620A1
  • Filed: 10/12/2016
  • Published: 04/27/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2015
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A sealing system comprising:

  • a valve component including a frame and a prosthetic valve coupled to the frame, the valve component having a radially expanded deployed configuration, an inflow portion and an outflow portion, the frame defining a central passage, the prosthetic valve disposed within the central passage of the frame; and

    an expandable sealing component including a sealing frame and a skirt coupled to the frame, the expandable sealing component configured to be inserted in a radially compressed configuration within the central passage with the valve component in the radially expanded deployed configuration, the expandable sealing component further configured to be radially expanded to a radially expanded configuration partially within the valve component such that a first portion of the sealing component is disposed within the valve component and a second portion of the sealing component is disposed longitudinally outside the valve component, the expandable sealing component configured to prevent blood flow radially between the valve component and a wall of the native valve complex.

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