CPC A61F 2/2418 (2013.01) [A61F 2/2412 (2013.01); A61F 2220/005 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0066 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0075 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0017 (2013.01); F04C 2270/0421 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A prosthetic heart valve, comprising:
a collapsible and expandable stent having a proximal end, a distal end, an annulus section adjacent the proximal end, an aortic section adjacent the distal end, and a plurality of commissure features disposed on the stent;
a collapsible and expandable valve assembly, the valve assembly including a plurality of leaflets connected to the plurality of commissure features, each of the plurality of leaflets having a body portion, a free edge adapted to coapt with free edges of adjacent leaflets, and an attachment portion having two layers opposite each free edge; and
a plurality of discrete reinforcements, each discrete reinforcement being coupled to, and bounded by, the two layers of the attachment portion of a selected leaflet of the plurality of leaflets via a first suture pattern that passes through the two layers of the attachment portion, the first suture pattern including a plurality of continuous suture loops for each leaflet.
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