Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120071969 | VALVE LEAFLET ATTACHMENT IN COLLAPSIBLE PROSTHETIC VALVES - A prosthetic heart valve includes a stent having a collapsed condition and an expanded condition. The stent includes a plurality of cells, each cell being formed by a plurality of struts, and a plurality of commissure features. The heart valve further includes a valve assembly secured to the stent and including a cuff and a plurality of leaflets, each leaflet being attached to adjacent commissure features and to the stent struts and/or the cuff. | 03-22-2012 |
20120197390 | BLUNT ENDED STENT FOR PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE - A collapsible prosthetic heart valve includes a stent and a valve assembly. The stent has a proximal end and a distal end and includes a plurality of struts. The struts have free ends configured to inhibit tissue penetration. The valve assembly, including a plurality of leaflets, is disposed within the stent. | 08-02-2012 |
20130110228 | DEVICES FOR TRANSCATHETER PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE IMPLANTATION AND ACCESS CLOSURE | 05-02-2013 |
20130184812 | PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE INCLUDING STENT STRUCTURE AND TISSUE LEAFLETS, AND RELATED METHODS - A method of making a prosthetic heart valve may include providing an annular stent having a plurality of annularly spaced commissure portions having tips, covering each of the tips with a first fabric cover, covering the first fabric covers and the remainder of the stent with a second fabric cover, covering the second fabric cover with a first tissue membrane, and covering the outside of the first tissue membrane with a second tissue membrane, the second tissue membrane forming leaflet portions that extend inwardly between the commissure portions. | 07-18-2013 |
20130218267 | COLLAPSIBLE PROSTHETIC HEART VALVES - A prosthetic heart valve includes a collapsible and expandable stent having a proximal end, a distal end, an annulus section adjacent the proximal end and an aortic section adjacent the distal end, a plurality of commissure features disposed on the stent, and a collapsible and expandable valve assembly, the valve assembly including a plurality of leaflets connected to the plurality of commissure features. Each commissure feature includes a body having a proximal end a distal end, and a plurality of eyelets arranged in at least two rows and at least two columns for attaching the body to the plurality of leaflets. | 08-22-2013 |
20130338765 | COLLAPSIBLE AND RE-EXPANDABLE PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE CUFF DESIGNS AND COMPLEMENTARY TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS - A prosthetic heart valve is provided with a cuff ( | 12-19-2013 |
20140000112 | VALVE ASSEMBLY FOR CRIMP PROFILE | 01-02-2014 |
20140005771 | LEAFLET IN CONFIGURATION FOR FUNCTION IN VARIOUS SHAPES AND SIZES | 01-02-2014 |
20140005775 | COMMISSURE ATTACHMENT FEATURE FOR PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE | 01-02-2014 |
20140005776 | LEAFLET ATTACHMENT FOR FUNCTION IN VARIOUS SHAPES AND SIZES | 01-02-2014 |
20140005777 | VALVE CUFF SUPPORT | 01-02-2014 |
20140107767 | VALVE HOLDER AND LOADING INTEGRATION - A device for holding an implantable medical device includes a jar for receiving the implantable medical device, and a ring coupleable to the jar. The ring has a plurality of channels adapted to receive retaining features of the implantable medical device to stabilize the medical device within the jar. | 04-17-2014 |
20140243965 | MULTI-LAYER STENT - A collapsible prosthetic heart valve includes a stent and a valve assembly. The stent includes an annulus section and at least one foldable section. The stent is movable between an unfolded condition in which the foldable section is longitudinally spaced from the annulus section, and a folded condition in which the foldable section is at least partially positioned radially adjacent the annulus section. The valve assembly is positioned within the annulus section of the stent in the folded condition of the stent. | 08-28-2014 |
20140277417 | CUFF CONFIGURATIONS FOR PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE - A prosthetic heart valve includes a collapsible and expandable stent having a proximal end, a distal end, an annulus section adjacent the proximal end and an aortic section adjacent the distal end. The stent is formed of a plurality of struts. A cuff is coupled to the stent. The cuff has one or more features configured to reduce abrasion and/or perivalvular leakage. | 09-18-2014 |
20140277426 | Paravalvular Leak Occlusion Device for Self-Expanding Heart Valves - An occluder device for occluding a gap between a medical device and adjacent body tissue includes a conformable body having a hollow interior, a leading end and a trailing end; and a port disposed at the trailing end of the body and in fluid communication with the interior of the body. | 09-18-2014 |