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Prosthetic valves, frames and leaflets and methods thereof

  • US 9,737,398 B2
  • Filed: 12/18/2013
  • Issued: 08/22/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A prosthetic valve, comprising:

  • a leaflet frame having a tubular shape, the leaflet frame defining a plurality of leaflet windows wherein each of the leaflet windows includes two leaflet window sides, a leaflet window base, and a leaflet window top; and

    a film coupled to the leaflet frame and defining a plurality of leaflets, one of the plurality of leaflets being coupled to and extending from each of the leaflet windows, wherein each leaflet has the shape of an isosceles trapezoid having two leaflet sides, a leaflet base and a leaflet free edge opposite the leaflet base, wherein the two leaflet sides diverge from the leaflet base, wherein the leaflet base is substantially flat, wherein the leaflet base of each leaflet is truncated in which the leaflet in cross section shows a line in an alpha plane onto the leaflet frame, in which the truncation is a straight line across the leaflet base of the leaflet and perpendicular to a valve axis, wherein the leaflet base is coupled to the leaflet window base and wherein each of the two leaflet sides are coupled to one of the two leaflet window sides.

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