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Collapsible heart valve with angled frame

  • US 9,795,476 B2
  • Filed: 06/14/2011
  • Issued: 10/24/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A prosthetic heart valve, comprising:

  • a stent extending in a length direction between a proximal end and a distal end, the stent having a collapsed condition and an expanded condition, a longitudinal axis, and an annulus section adapted to reside adjacent the aortic annulus in a patient, the annulus section having a circumference and including a plurality of cells each having a cell end not connected to other cells, the cell ends collectively defining the proximal end of the stent and including a first cell end spaced farther in the length direction from the distal end of the stent than each of the other cell ends, and a second cell end spaced closer in the length direction to the distal end of the stent than each of the other cell ends, the second cell end being positioned opposite the first cell end around the circumference of the annulus section such that an imaginary line connecting the first cell end to the second cell end defines a slope oriented at a first oblique angle to the longitudinal axis of the stent; and

    a valve assembly attached to the stent, the valve assembly including a cuff, a plurality of leaflets, and a longitudinal axis, the cuff having a circumference and a proximal edge, the proximal edge defining a straight line from one side of the circumference of the cuff to an opposite side of the circumference of the cuff when viewed in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the stent, the valve assembly being attached to the stent so that the longitudinal axis of the valve assembly is at a second oblique angle to the longitudinal axis of the stent and so that the proximal edge of the cuff is at another oblique angle to the longitudinal axis of the stent, each of the leaflets having a free edge, the leaflets having an open condition in which the free edges are spaced apart from one another to define a flow passageway through the stent, and a closed condition in which the free edges of the leaflets coapt to close the flow passageway through the stent.

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