18987648. COVERED PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE (EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION)

COVERED PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE

Organization Name

EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION

Inventor(s)

Shahram Zamani of Newport Coast CA US

Michael Bukin of Pardes Hanna IL

Sandip Vasant Pawar of Irvine CA US

COVERED PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18987648 titled 'COVERED PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE

Original Abstract Submitted

A prosthetic heart valve includes a frame with a plurality of strut members, the frame being radially collapsible to a collapsed configuration and radially expandable to an expanded configuration, the frame having an inflow end and an outflow end, and defining a longitudinal axis. A leaflet structure is coupled to the frame and configured to regulate blood flow through the frame. A fabric sealing member is disposed around the frame, the sealing member being resiliently stretchable between a first state corresponding to the radially expanded configuration of the frame and a second state corresponding to the radially collapsed configuration of the frame. The sealing member has two ends, and the two ends are secured together by a seam.