US 12,263,084 B2
Compact prosthetic heart valve device
Cahal McVeigh, White Bear Township, MN (US); Jean-Pierre Dueri, Los Gatos, CA (US); Yogesh A. Darekar, Irvine, CA (US); Priya Nair, Shoreview, MN (US); Finn O. Rinne, Santa Rosa, CA (US); George N. Hallak, Costa Mesa, CA (US); Brenda L. McIntire, Walnut Creek, CA (US); and Elliot J. Howard, San Carlos, CA (US)
Assigned to MEDTRONIC, INC., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by MEDTRONIC INC., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on Apr. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/716,699.
Application 17/716,699 is a continuation of application No. 16/853,851, filed on Apr. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,318,013.
Prior Publication US 2022/0226112 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/24 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/2418 (2013.01) [A61F 2/2409 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0014 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0008 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0008 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0017 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heart valve prosthesis having a radially compressed state for delivery to a deployment site and a radially expanded, deployed state for deployment at the deployment site, comprising:
a valve support having a first segment and a second segment,
the first segment configured to support a prosthetic valve component therein and defining a first end of the valve support having a first outer diameter, and
the second segment defining a second end of the valve support having a second outer diameter that is greater than the first outer diameter; and
an anchor element that surrounds the valve support, the anchor element having a plurality of connectors that are angled inward toward the valve support and are attached to the valve support, wherein the anchor element is attached to the valve support in both the radially compressed state prior to delivery to the deployment site and the radially expanded, deployed state,
wherein the second end of the valve support having the second diameter is disposed radially within the anchor element,
wherein the first segment has a first end that defines the first end of the valve support and a second end that is adjacent a first end of the second segment, and
wherein the second segment is flared outwardly from the first end to a second end thereof, with the first end of the second segment having the first outer diameter such that the first segment is substantially cylindrical and the second end of the second segment, which defines the second end of the valve support, having the second outer diameter.