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Low-profile prosthetic valve structure

  • US 9,931,205 B2
  • Filed: 10/07/2016
  • Issued: 04/03/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An implantable device comprising:

  • a support structure having a single preformed fold and an unfolded configuration and a folded configuration and including;

    a first end;

    a second end directed away from said first end; and

    ,a lumen extending between said first end and said second end;

    wherein said support structure is biased toward a folded configuration in which said first end is inverted into said lumen, such that the first end and the second end are both oriented in a common direction;

    wherein said support structure tends to assume said folded configuration when said support structure is released from a delivery device;

    a prosthetic valve structure hingedly attached to said support structure first end such that said prosthetic valve structure is not inverted when said support structure inverts.

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