18888516. CYLINDRICAL IMPLANT AND BALLOON (EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION)
CYLINDRICAL IMPLANT AND BALLOON
Organization Name
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Inventor(s)
Michael R. Bialas of Lake Forest CA (US)
Mindy Lee Ann Black of Huntington Beach CA (US)
Tamir S. Levi of Zikhron Yaakov (IL)
Linda Thai of Mission Viejo CA (US)
Yidong M. Zhu of Tustin CA (US)
CYLINDRICAL IMPLANT AND BALLOON
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18888516 titled 'CYLINDRICAL IMPLANT AND BALLOON
Original Abstract Submitted
Disclosed herein are embodiments of a balloon shaped to have one or more enlarged regions to selectively increase expansion forces on an implant. For example, the balloon may have a central portion that is enlarged to exert more force on the center of a stent-mounted prosthetic heart valve. This overcomes the stent-mounted prosthetic heart valve's tendency to expand with flared ends. This forms a more cylindrical or barrel shaped stent frame during expansion of the balloonâreducing or eliminating the instance wherein the cylindrical stent frame has flared ends. Alternatively, the balloon may have conical flares placed to cause or enhance flared ends of the cylindrical implant to enhance its anchoring capabilities.
