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Collapsible prosthetic heart valves

  • US 8,845,721 B2
  • Filed: 03/21/2013
  • Issued: 09/30/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A prosthetic heart valve, comprising:

  • a collapsible and expandable stent having a proximal end, a distal end, an annulus section adjacent the proximal end and an aortic section adjacent the distal end;

    a plurality of commissure features disposed on the stent; and

    a collapsible and expandable valve assembly, the valve assembly including a plurality of leaflets connected to the plurality of commissure features;

    each commissure feature including a body having a proximal end a distal end, and a plurality of eyelets arranged in at least two rows and at least two columns for attaching the body to the plurality of leaflets, wherein each of the plurality of commissure features includes at least three rows of eyelets disposed on the body.

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