US 11,986,386 B2
Leaflet in configuration for function in various shapes and sizes
Peter N. Braido, Wyoming, MN (US); Katherine A. Ahmann, Arden Hills, MN (US); Mina S. Fahim, Shoreview, MN (US); Jeffrey J. Allison, Mayer, MN (US); and Andrea L. McCarthy, Vadnais Heights, MN (US)
Assigned to St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US)
Filed by St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US)
Filed on Jun. 22, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/907,917.
Application 16/907,917 is a continuation of application No. 15/376,905, filed on Dec. 13, 2016, granted, now 10,722,350.
Application 15/376,905 is a continuation of application No. 13/781,423, filed on Feb. 28, 2013, granted, now 9,554,902, issued on Jan. 31, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/665,616, filed on Jun. 28, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2020/0315793 A1, Oct. 8, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/24 (2006.01)
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
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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.