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Collapsible prosthetic heart valves

  • US 9,241,794 B2
  • Filed: 07/17/2014
  • Issued: 01/26/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A prosthetic heart valve comprising:

  • an annularly collapsible and re-expandable supporting structure extending between an inflow end and an outflow end;

    a plurality of leaflets disposed inside the supporting structure; and

    a lower skirt disposed adjacent the inflow end of the supporting structure, the lower skirt including a single continuous sheet that extends from a luminal surface of the supporting structure, wraps around the inflow end and extends over a portion of the abluminal surface of the supporting structure, wherein the lower skirt includes a first portion disposed on the luminal surface of the supporting structure and a second portion disposed on the abluminal surface of the supporting structure and the first portion and the second portion are coupled together at a top edge of the second portion.

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