US 11,986,387 B2
Prosthetic valves with mechanically coupled leaflets
Dustin V. Dienno, Flagstaff, AZ (US); Cody L. Hartman, Flagstaff, AZ (US); Ryan S. Titone, Flagstaff, AZ (US); David J. Arcaro, Flagstaff, AZ (US); and Roy Manygoats, Jr., Flagstaff, AZ (US)
Assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/377,091.
Application 17/377,091 is a continuation of application No. 16/129,682, filed on Sep. 12, 2018, granted, now 11,109,963.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/579,753, filed on Oct. 31, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/572,274, filed on Oct. 13, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/564,031, filed on Sep. 27, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0338422 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61L 27/16 (2006.01); A61L 27/18 (2006.01); A61L 27/56 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/2418 (2013.01) [A61F 2/2412 (2013.01); A61F 2/2415 (2013.01); A61F 2/2433 (2013.01); A61F 2/2436 (2013.01); A61F 2/246 (2013.01); A61F 2/2463 (2013.01); A61F 2/2466 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0014 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0033 (2013.01); A61F 2220/005 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0075 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0083 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0013 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0023 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0043 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0052 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0069 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0069 (2013.01); A61L 27/16 (2013.01); A61L 27/18 (2013.01); A61L 27/56 (2013.01); A61L 2430/20 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A prosthetic valve defining an inflow direction into the prosthetic valve and an outflow direction out of the prosthetic valve, the prosthetic valve comprising:
a plurality of leaflets including a first leaflet and a second leaflet, each leaflet having a leaflet attachment region and a free edge; and
a frame including a commissure post extending in the outflow direction that defines a first slot and a second slot that diverge with respect to each other in the outflow direction, at least a portion of the leaflet attachment region of the respective first and second leaflets being coupled to the frame at the respective first and second slots.