Patent · US Active

Stent for the positioning and anchoring of a valvular prosthesis in an implantation site in the heart of a patient

US9168130B2 · kind B2 · utility

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117References

31Claims

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Assignee

JenaValve Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Helmut Straubinger · Aschheim, DE
Johannes Jung · Karlsruhe, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 8, 2008
Grant date	Oct 27, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 19, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2230/0023
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An expandable stent including a plurality of positioning arches configured to be positioned within a plurality of pockets of a native heart valve and positioned on a first side of a plurality of native heart valve leaflets, a plurality of retaining arches configured to be positioned on a second side of the plurality of native heart valve leaflets opposite the first side, and at least one radial arch substantially circumferentially aligned with at least one of the plurality of positioning arches.

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