Title:
PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2013/013021
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A prosthetic heart valve (10) includes an expandable stent (18) and a leaflet assembly (16) coupled to the expandable stent. The expandable stent is radially expandable from a first size for intraluminal delivery through a body passageway to a second size for implantation of the prosthetic heart valve in the body passageway. The leaflet assembly includes leaflets (30a, 30b, 30c)movable between an open position permitting flow past the expanded stent and a closed position substantially restricting flow past the expanded stent. Each of the leaflets is coaptable with each of the other leaflets in the closed position to define a coaptation region (24) of about 15 percent to about 35 percent of the overall height of each of the plurality of leaflets.
Inventors:
GREGG PETER (US)
HILDEBRAND DANIEL (US)
HILDEBRAND DANIEL (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2012/047362
Publication Date:
August 15, 2013
Filing Date:
July 19, 2012
Export Citation:
Assignee:
BOSTON SCIENT SCIMED INC (US)
GREGG PETER (US)
HILDEBRAND DANIEL (US)
GREGG PETER (US)
HILDEBRAND DANIEL (US)
International Classes:
A61F2/24
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2006050460A1 | 2006-05-11 | |||
| WO2010008549A1 | 2010-01-21 | |||
| WO2012027487A2 | 2012-03-01 |
Foreign References:
| US20080183279A1 | 2008-07-31 | |||
| US20050137693A1 | 2005-06-23 | |||
| US20030229394A1 | 2003-12-11 | |||
| US20060259136A1 | 2006-11-16 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
MELLO, John Paul (PC.P.O. Box 102, Minneapolis Minnesota, US)
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