US 12,076,239 B2
Valve assembly method for crimp profile
Peter N. Braido, Wyoming, MN (US); Daniel Coyle, Apple Valley, MN (US); Mary Johnson, St. Paul, MN (US); Julia Ann Schraut, Shoreview, MN (US); Ryan Buesseler, Delano, MN (US); and Jacob John Daly, Blaine, 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 Oct. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/050,266.
Application 16/297,060 is a division of application No. 14/882,669, filed on Oct. 14, 2015, granted, now 10,470,880, issued on Nov. 12, 2019.
Application 18/050,266 is a continuation of application No. 16/297,060, filed on Mar. 8, 2019, granted, now 11,660,186.
Application 14/882,669 is a continuation of application No. 13/788,696, filed on Mar. 7, 2013, granted, now 9,241,791, issued on Jan. 26, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/666,174, filed on Jun. 29, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2023/0078204 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61F 2/90 (2013.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01)
CPC A61F 2/2418 (2013.01) [A61F 2/2415 (2013.01); A61F 2/90 (2013.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61F 2/2409 (2013.01); A61F 2/2436 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9505 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9511 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0075 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49405 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49925 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49936 (2015.01); Y10T 29/4994 (2015.01)] 18 Claims
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1. A method of assembling a prosthetic heart valve, comprising:
providing a collapsible and expandable stent having an annulus section, the annulus section having a first annulus diameter in a relaxed condition and a second annulus diameter less than the first annulus diameter in a collapsed condition;
constraining, via a fixation device, the annulus section to an annulus diameter between the first annulus diameter and the second annulus diameter;
assembling at least one of a cuff or a plurality of leaflets to a portion of the collapsible and expandable stent to form a prosthetic heart valve; and
removing the fixation device from the stent prior to implantation of the prosthetic heart valve within a native valve annulus.