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Valve component, frame component and prosthetic valve device including the same for implantation in a body lumen

  • US 9,549,814 B2
  • Filed: 11/12/2014
  • Issued: 01/24/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A commissure for anchoring a valve component of a prosthetic valve device to a frame, comprising:

  • an elongated strip of pliable material;

    a valve component comprising an annular sleeve having an annular inner wall; and

    a fastening element;

    wherein a portion of the annular inner wall is cinched between opposing legs of the elongated strip of pliable material; and

    wherein the frame comprises;

    a tubular body comprising an axis;

    a plurality of circumferentially spaced-apart axial posts; and

    a lattice structure comprising open cells extending between each of the axial posts;

    wherein the lattice structures and the axial posts are integrally formed as a unitary structure free of seams; and

    wherein the axial posts comprise axially elongated nodes.

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