US 11,696,825 B2
Replacement valve and anchor
Amr Salahieh, Saratoga, CA (US); Brian D. Brandt, Morgan Hill, CA (US); Dwight P. Morejohn, Davis, CA (US); Ulrich R. Haug, Campbell, CA (US); Jean-Pierre Dueri, Los Gatos, CA (US); Hans F. Valencia, Santa Clara, CA (US); and Robert A. Geshlider, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Dec. 14, 2017, as Appl. No. 15/842,628.
Application 14/147,902 is a division of application No. 13/155,902, filed on Jun. 8, 2011, granted, now 8,623,078, issued on Jan. 7, 2014.
Application 15/842,628 is a continuation of application No. 15/842,559, filed on Dec. 14, 2017, abandoned.
Application 15/842,559 is a continuation of application No. 15/842,503, filed on Dec. 14, 2017, abandoned.
Application 15/842,503 is a continuation of application No. 15/842,426, filed on Dec. 14, 2017, abandoned.
Application 15/842,426 is a continuation of application No. 15/842,306, filed on Dec. 14, 2017, granted, now 10,925,724.
Application 15/842,306 is a continuation of application No. 15/675,978, filed on Aug. 14, 2017, granted, now 10,478,289.
Application 15/675,978 is a continuation of application No. 14/147,902, filed on Jan. 6, 2014, abandoned.
Application 13/155,902 is a continuation of application No. 10/911,059, filed on Aug. 3, 2004, granted, now 7,959,672, issued on Jun. 14, 2011.
Application 10/911,059 is a continuation of application No. 10/746,872, filed on Dec. 23, 2003, granted, now 8,182,528, issued on May 22, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2018/0116793 A1, May 3, 2018
Int. Cl. A61F 2/24 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/2412 (2013.01) [A61F 2/2418 (2013.01); A61F 2/2439 (2013.01); A61F 2220/005 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0058 (2013.01); A61F 2230/005 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0054 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0065 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0078 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0069 (2013.01)] 1 Claim
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A prosthetic heart valve, comprising:
an expandable stent having an outer surface, the expandable stent including a cobalt-chromium alloy, wherein the expandable stent is designed to shift between a first radially compact undeployed configuration and a second radially expanded configuration, the first radially compact undeployed configuration being suitable for delivery of the expandable stent with a delivery device to a native heart valve of a patient, the second radially expanded configuration being a deployed configuration where the expandable stent is expanded at the native heart valve of the patient;
a plurality of leaflets coupled to the expandable stent, and
a sealing member disposed along the outer surface of the expandable stent, wherein the sealing member includes one or more pockets.