18969878. PROSTHETIC VALVE WITH SUPPORT ARMS (EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION)

PROSTHETIC VALVE WITH SUPPORT ARMS

Organization Name

EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION

Inventor(s)

Anatoly Dvorsky of Haifa IL

Eran Grosu of Kfar-Saba IL

Ilan Leshecz of Hadera IL

Michael Bukin of Pardes Hanna IL

Nikolai Gurovich of Hadera IL

Assaf Sharon of Tel Aviv IL

David Maimon of Atlit IL

PROSTHETIC VALVE WITH SUPPORT ARMS

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18969878 titled 'PROSTHETIC VALVE WITH SUPPORT ARMS

Original Abstract Submitted

Prosthetic valves that include support arms extending from support posts thereof, and methods for utilizing such prosthetic valves, are disclosed herein. As one example, a prosthetic valve can include an annular frame movable between a radially compressed state and a radially expanded state, and at least one support arm. The frame can include a plurality of support posts, each extending between a post inflow end and an opposite post outflow end. The support arm can extend from a corresponding support post, and terminate at a free-ended tip which is biased radially away from the corresponding support post.