18921526. VALVE-IN-VALVE REPLACEMENT HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS (Medtronic, Inc.)
VALVE-IN-VALVE REPLACEMENT HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
David A. Grossman of Santa Rosa CA US
Karina Sanchez of Morgan Hill CA US
Tasha Ann Cheshko Meziere of Irvine CA US
Brianna L. Beenken of St. Louis Park MN US
Chirag R. Gajjar of Rohnert Park CA US
VALVE-IN-VALVE REPLACEMENT HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18921526 titled 'VALVE-IN-VALVE REPLACEMENT HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS
Original Abstract Submitted
A heart valve prosthesis includes a frame defining a central lumen, a valve assembly disposed within the central lumen of the frame, and a plurality of gripper pads. The gripper pads are configured to engage lacerated leaflets of a previously implanted heart valve prosthesis. The gripper pads are configured to separate from each other to separate the lacerated leaflets when the heart valve prosthesis radially expands from a radially compressed configuration to a radially expanded configuration.