US 11,938,021 B2
Covered prosthetic heart valve
Sara Tzadok, Or-Akiva (IL); Khen Perlmutter, Binyamina (IL); Darshin S. Patel, San Juan Capistrano, CA (US); Boaz Manash, Givat Ada (IL); Ajay Chadha, Irvine, CA (US); Waina Michelle Chu, Tustin, CA (US); Chambory Chhe, Santa Ana, CA (US); Evan T. Schwartz, Huntington Beach, CA (US); and Sandip Vasant Pawar, Irvine, CA (US)
Assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/456,337.
Application 17/456,337 is a continuation of application No. 15/876,053, filed on Jan. 19, 2018, granted, now 11,185,406.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/535,724, filed on Jul. 21, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/520,703, filed on Jun. 16, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/449,320, filed on Jan. 23, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0079750 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/2412 (2013.01) [A61F 2/0077 (2013.01); A61F 2/2409 (2013.01); A61F 2/2418 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0086 (2013.01); A61F 2/243 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0076 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A prosthetic heart valve, comprising:
a frame comprising a plurality of strut members, and having an inflow end and an outflow end;
a leaflet structure situated at least partially within the frame; and
a covering disposed around an exterior of the frame, the covering comprising:
a cushioning layer;
a first strip member folded over an inflow circumferential edge portion of the cushioning layer to form a first protective portion; and
a second strip member folded over an outflow circumferential edge portion of the cushioning layer to form a second protective portion;
wherein the first strip member and the second strip member are spaced apart from each other along a longitudinal axis of the prosthetic heart valve; and
wherein the first strip member comprises a first circumferential edge portion on the outside of the frame and a second circumferential edge portion on the inside of the frame, and the first and second circumferential edge portions are sutured together through the frame.