	US 12,186,185 B2
	Prosthetic heart valve
Dikla Kersh, Karkur (IL); Michael Bukin, Pardes Hanna (IL); Tamir S. Levi, Zikhron Yaakov (IL); and Noam Nir, Pardes-Hanna (IL)
Assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/863,195.
Application 17/863,195 is a continuation of application No. 16/941,776, filed on Jul. 29, 2020, granted, now 11,399,932.
Application 16/941,776 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2020/024559, filed on Mar. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/854,702, filed on May 30, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/823,905, filed on Mar. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0346949 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/24 (2006.01)

CPC A61F 2/2418 (2013.01) [A61F 2210/0014 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0008 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0075 (2013.01); A61F 2250/001 (2013.01)]

19 Claims

1. A method of assembling a prosthetic valve, the method comprising:

forming an annular frame by connecting a plurality of inner struts with a plurality of outer struts at a plurality of pivot joints, wherein the plurality of inner struts are configured to pivot relative to the plurality of outer struts at the plurality of pivot joints during radial expansion or compression of the frame;

attaching one or more leaflet-support cords to the frame such that each cord extends along one of inner or outer struts at spaced apart locations; and

attaching a plurality of leaflets to the one or more leaflet-support cords.