Prosthetic mitral valve

US10743992B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ST. JUDE MEDICAL, CARDIOLOGY DIVISION, INC. · US

Inventors

• Mark Krans · Hopkins, US
• Theodore Paul Dale · Minneapolis, US
• Andrea N. Para · Oakdale, US
• Mathias Charles Glimsdale · Saint Michael, US
• Thomas M. Benson · Minneapolis, US
• Peter N. Braido · Wyoming, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 21, 2018
• Grant date: Aug 18, 2020
• Expiry date: Oct 8, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2250/0069
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A prosthetic heart valve having an inflow end and an outflow end includes a stent having a collapsed condition, an expanded condition, and a plurality of cells arranged in circumferential rows. The stent may include one or more securement features. One securement feature may be an anchor arm having a body portion and a free end extending from the body portion, the body portion being coupled to a perimeter of one of the plurality of cells, with the free end extending toward the inflow end in an expanded condition of the anchor arm. Another securement feature may include a flange formed of a braided mesh and having a body portion coupled to the stent and a flared portion adjacent the inflow end of the prosthetic heart valve. A valve assembly is disposed within the stent and has a plurality of leaflets.