US 11,730,598 B2
Prosthetic device for heart valve
Asher L. Metchik, Rolling Hills Estates, CA (US); and Sirous Darabian, Lake Forest, CA (US)
Assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 17, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/904,524.
Application 16/904,524 is a continuation of application No. 16/123,105, filed on Sep. 6, 2018, granted, now 11,051,940.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/555,240, filed on Sep. 7, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0315786 A1, Oct. 8, 2020
Int. Cl. A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/122 (2006.01); A61B 17/128 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/246 (2013.01) [A61F 2/2466 (2013.01); A61B 17/1227 (2013.01); A61B 17/1285 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0081 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0093 (2013.01); A61F 2250/001 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An implantable prosthetic device, comprising:
a spacer member configured to be disposed between leaflets of a native heart valve, the native heart valve being located between a first chamber and a second chamber of the heart;
a plurality of anchor members coupled to the spacer member;
a plurality of clasps, wherein at least one of the plurality of clasps is connected to at least one of the plurality of anchor members, wherein the clasps are configured to capture the leaflets to secure the leaflets to the anchor members such that the spacer member is retained between the leaflets;
a cover disposed over the spacer member, the plurality of anchor members, and the plurality of clasps; and
a proximal collar with bosses that extend radially outwardly through the cover to a location outside of the cover.