US 12,440,336 B1
Prosthetic heart valves
Rachel Jean Anderson, St. Louis Park, MN (US); Lucas Tradd Schneider, Champlin, MN (US); Gunnar Paul Askegaard, Maple Grove, MN (US); Daniel Oliver, Portland, OR (US); and Ramji Iyer, Plymouth, MN (US)
Assigned to Laplace Interventional Inc., Plymouth, MN (US)
Filed by Laplace Interventional Inc., Plymouth, MN (US)
Filed on Mar. 20, 2025, as Appl. No. 19/085,135.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/757,042, filed on Feb. 11, 2025.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/24 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/2439 (2013.01) [A61F 2/2418 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0008 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0075 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0043 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A prosthetic heart valve comprising:
a main body comprising: (i) a stent frame comprised of elongate members; and (ii) a covering material on an exterior of the stent frame, the main body having an inflow end portion and an outflow end portion, the main body defining a central axis extending between the inflow and outflow end portions;
a plurality of sutures that attach the covering material to the elongate members and that comprise suture knots protruding from an external surface of the main body along, and in alignment with, outer surfaces of the elongate members; and
one or more anterior flaps extending from the outflow end portion in a first direction that is transverse to the central axis,
wherein the one or more anterior flaps comprises a septal anterior flap and a lateral anterior flap, wherein an edge portion of the septal anterior flap comprises a septal anterior strut framework, wherein an edge portion of the lateral anterior flap comprises a lateral anterior strut framework, and
wherein the septal anterior strut framework comprises S-shaped struts.