PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE

Abstract: leaflets for a prosthetic heart valve are disclosed. as one example, a leaflet includes a main body with a free, outflow edge and a cusp edge portion, two lower tabs disposed on opposite sides of the main body, where the cusp edge portion terminates at upper ends thereof at the lower tabs, and the lower tabs extend laterally outward from the main body relative to a central longitudinal axis of the leaflet, and two upper tabs disposed on opposite sides of and extending laterally outward from the main body. the leaflet further includes two offsetting portions, each extending between a respective lower tab and upper tab and offsetting the respective upper tab axially and laterally away from the outflow edge of the main body, where each upper tab has opposing inner and outer edges that are parallel to one another and the central longitudinal axis of the leaflet.

Inventor(s): Nikolai Gurovich, Michael Bukin, Tammy Nguyen, Bich Hoang Pham, Jiangxue Han

CPC Classification: A61F2/2412 ({with soft flexible valve members, e.g. tissue valves shaped like natural valves (check valves with flexible valve members in general )})

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