US 12,310,848 B2
Leaflet attachment to prosthetic heart valve
Brandon Moore, St. Louis Park, 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 Feb. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/678,401.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/152,908, filed on Feb. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0265423 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 2/24 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/2418 (2013.01) [A61F 2220/0075 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0019 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A prosthetic heart valve, comprising:
a stent extending from an inflow end to an outflow end, the stent having a commissure attachment feature between the inflow end and the outflow end, the commissure attachment feature having a frame defining an outer perimeter that includes a first side portion, a second side portion, an upper portion and a lower portion, the first side portion, the second side portion, the upper portion and the lower portion collectively defining a single central opening;
a skirt coupled to the frame of the commissure attachment feature along only the upper portion and the lower portion of the outer perimeter of the single central opening via a first set of sutures; and
at least two leaflets coupled to the skirt, wherein each leaflet is coupled to the skirt both through the central opening of the commissure attachment feature via a second set of sutures and outside of the commissure attachment feature.