US 12,465,487 B2
Polymeric heart valve and preparation method therefor
Zhigang Zhang, Suzhou (CN)
Assigned to SUZHOU HEARTHILL MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Jiangsu (CN)
Filed by SUZHOU HEARTHILL MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Jiangsu (CN)
Filed on Feb. 27, 2025, as Appl. No. 19/065,402.
Application 19/065,402 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2024/095085, filed on May 24, 2024.
Claims priority of application No. 202310630756.3 (CN), filed on May 31, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0195216 A1, Jun. 19, 2025
Int. Cl. A61F 2/24 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/2418 (2013.01) [A61F 2/2415 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0069 (2013.01); A61F 2240/001 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A polymeric heart valve comprising a valve leaflet and a valve frame, wherein the valve frame is a hollow cylindrical structure and comprises a first end and a second end; the first end is provided with a plurality of column peaks arranged at intervals in the circumferential direction, and column valleys are correspondingly formed; the number of the valve leaflets is consistent with the number of the column peaks; the valve leaflets are arranged in the center of the first end; a plurality of the valve leaflets sequentially connected to two adjacent column peaks in the circumferential direction; the valve further comprises an insert; the insert is a hollow cylindrical structure matching the valve frame; and the insert comprises a third end and a fourth end corresponding to the first end and the second end, respectively; the insert is suitable for being embedded in the valve frame in the axial direction; the insert comprises an axial positioning structure and a radial positioning structure; the valve leaflets and the valve frame are subjected to one-time injection molding; the insert is embedded into the valve frame to become a whole when the valve frame and the valve leaflets are subjected to injection molding; the radial positioning structure comprises positioning protrusions arranged on the outer wall of the insert; and the positioning protrusions are uniformly arranged on the outer wall of the insert, and wherein a center of the valve leaflets is provided with a gas-permeable groove having a diameter of 0.005 mm-0.01 mm.