US 12,472,059 B2
Prosthetic heart valve docking assembly
David M. Taylor, Lake Forest, CA (US); Alexander J. Siegel, Irvine, CA (US); Thomas V. Doherty, Irvine, CA (US); Christopher J. Olson, Lake Forest, CA (US); and Yoon Hee Kwon, Mission Viejo, CA (US)
Assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/166,797.
Application 17/096,641 is a division of application No. 15/976,415, filed on May 10, 2018, granted, now 10,842,619, issued on Nov. 24, 2020.
Application 18/166,797 is a continuation of application No. 17/096,641, filed on Nov. 12, 2020, granted, now 11,607,310.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/505,239, filed on May 12, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0190460 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61F 2/848 (2013.01); A61L 27/18 (2006.01); A61L 27/50 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/2418 (2013.01) [A61F 2/2412 (2013.01); A61F 2/2463 (2013.01); A61F 2/2409 (2013.01); A61F 2/2427 (2013.01); A61F 2/2433 (2013.01); A61F 2/2454 (2013.01); A61F 2/2457 (2013.01); A61F 2/246 (2013.01); A61F 2/2466 (2013.01); A61F 2/848 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0014 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0061 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0085 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0008 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0075 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0023 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0026 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0003 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0004 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0013 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0036 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0048 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0051 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0069 (2013.01); A61L 27/18 (2013.01); A61L 27/50 (2013.01); A61L 2400/06 (2013.01); A61L 2430/20 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An implantable assembly for a native heart valve comprising:
a prosthetic heart valve comprising a frame and prosthetic leaflets; and
a unitary braided support structure, defining:
a pair of leaflet-facing arms extending radially away from the prosthetic heart valve and from each other, each leaflet-facing arm having a first length; and
a pair of commissural arms extending radially away from the prosthetic heart valve and from each other, the pair of commissural arms being oriented orthogonally with respect to the pair of leaflet-facing arms, and each commissural arm having a second length longer than the first length;
wherein each leaflet-facing arm defines an attachment means for attaching the arm to tissue of the native heart valve.