US 12,133,796 B2
Prosthetic heart valve with radiopaque elements
Richard Kaleta, Arden Hills, MN (US); Jay Reimer, Saint Paul, MN (US); Chad Joshua Green, Forest Lake, MN (US); Brandon Moore, St. Louis Park, MN (US); Ryan Finn, St. Paul, MN (US); Noy Grimmer, Woodbury, MN (US); Emily M. Hagen, Maple Grove, MN (US); and Henrique Oliveira Neder, Gutierrez-Belo Horizonte (BR)
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 May 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/314,706.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/021,934, filed on May 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0346154 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 2/24 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/2418 (2013.01) [A61F 2220/0075 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0098 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A prosthetic heart valve, comprising:
a non-collapsible annular frame extending in a longitudinal direction between an inflow edge and an outflow edge, the frame having an annular base adjacent the inflow edge and a plurality of annularly spaced commissure posts adjacent the outflow edge, each of the commissure posts having a tip and a post slot within the commissure post and spaced apart from the tip;
a radiopaque wire extending partially around the base so as to form a first wire wrap and a second wire wrap, the first wire wrap being connected to the second wire wrap at a first looped end and at a second looped end spaced apart from the first looped end, the first looped end being secured to the second looped end by a suture; and
a valve assembly connected to the frame and including a plurality of leaflets connected to the commissure posts.