18888148. TRANSCATHETER PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE AND DELIVERY SYSTEM (EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION)
TRANSCATHETER PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE AND DELIVERY SYSTEM
Organization Name
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Inventor(s)
Konstantinos Spargias of Athens (GR)
TRANSCATHETER PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE AND DELIVERY SYSTEM
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18888148 titled 'TRANSCATHETER PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE AND DELIVERY SYSTEM
Original Abstract Submitted
A prosthetic heart valve for transcatheter delivery that includes a collapsible and expandable inner stent, a plurality of valve leaflets supported within the inner stent, a collapsible and expandable outer frame having a lower radial strength than the inner stent for conforming to a shape of a native heart valve, a sealing material attached to the outer frame, and a plurality of anchors extending radially outwardly of the outer frame. The inner stent includes an atrial end and a ventricular end. The outer frame surrounds at least a portion of the atrial end of the inner stent and extends towards the ventricular end of the inner stent. The outer frame includes an atrial end having a larger dimension than that of the ventricular end of the inner stent.
