Low profile transcatheter heart valve

US10299923B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• Ilia Hariton · Jerusalem, IL
• Netanel Benichou · Hadera, IL
• Yaacov Nitzan · Herzliya, IL
• Bella Felsen · Haifa, IL
• Diana Nguyen-Thien-Nhon · Santa Ana, US
• Rajesh Khanna · Indianapolis, US
• Son V. Nguyen · Irvine, US
• Tamir S. Levi · Jerusalem, IL
• Itai Pelled · Ramat HaSharon, IL

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 28, 2018
• Grant date: May 28, 2019
• Expiry date: Nov 28, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

A method of crimping an implantable prosthetic valve can include placing protective material over at least a portion of the implantable prosthetic valve. The protective material can be configured to occupy space between open cells of a frame of the implantable prosthetic valve to prevent damage to a leaflet structure of the implantable prosthetic valve. The method can also include crimping the implantable prosthetic valve with the protective material on the implantable prosthetic valve, and removing the protective material from between the frame and the leaflet structure of the implantable prosthetic valve.