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Prosthetic heart valves having fiber reinforced leaflets

US10314696B2 · kind B2 · utility

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29References

11Claims

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Assignee

Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. · US

Inventors

David R. Wulfman · Minneapolis, US
Thomas A. Wrobel · Allenstown, US
Crystal Marie Anderson-Cunanan · San Jose, US
Joseph Thomas Delaney, JR. · Minneapolis, US
Patrick Willoughby · Shoreview, US
Mark W. Boden · Harrisville, US
Peter G. Edelman · Mukilteo, US
Michael Eppihimer · Franklin, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 28, 2016
Grant date	Jun 11, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 23, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61L2430/20
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A prosthetic heart valve leaflet includes a plurality of electrospun fibers at least partially embedded in a polymer matrix. The plurality of fibers includes a first polyisobutylene urethane copolymer having a first predetermined weight average percentage of hard segment portions and the polymer matrix includes a second polyisobutylene urethane copolymer having a second predetermined weight average percentage of the hard segment portions, wherein the first predetermined weight average percentage of the hard segment portions is greater than the second predetermined weight average percentage of the hard segment portions.

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