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AXIALLY ANCHORING COLLAPSIBLE AND RE-EXPANDABLE PROSTHETIC HEART VALVES FOR VARIOUS DISEASE STATES

  • US 20110098800A1
  • Filed: 07/15/2009
  • Published: 04/28/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A stent for use with a prosthetic heart valve for replacement of a native heart valve comprising an expandable non-woven stent body having a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration, the stent body including an annulus section comprising at least one row of expandable cells, the annulus section in the expanded configuration being generally tubular and adapted to engage the leaflets of the native heart valve and the annulus of the native heart valve with a proximal end of the annulus section adjacent the annulus of the native valve and a distal end of the annulus section adjacent distal ends of the native leaflets, the stent body including at least one latch member formed integrally with the annulus section, each said latch member being connected to the annulus section adjacent the distal end of the annulus section, each said latch member having an engagement portion adapted to engage an exterior surface of a leaflet of the native valve.

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