PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE LEAFLET COMMISSURE ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS

A prosthetic heart valve and associated methods for assembling a prosthetic heart valve including an annular frame and a plurality of leaflets is disclosed. As one example, the valve includes a plurality of commissures, each commissure including an attachment member including a protruding portion, a...

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Hauptverfasser:	Levi, Tamir S, Zamani, Shahram, O'Dell, Tyler Dale, Bukin, Michael, Nir, Noam, Yohanan, Ziv
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS FIRST-AID KITS FOMENTATION HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PROSTHESES TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
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Zusammenfassung:	A prosthetic heart valve and associated methods for assembling a prosthetic heart valve including an annular frame and a plurality of leaflets is disclosed. As one example, the valve includes a plurality of commissures, each commissure including an attachment member including a protruding portion, a first commissure tab of a first leaflet of the plurality of leaflets arranged adjacent to a first side of the protruding portion and secured directly to the attachment member. Each commissure further includes a second commissure tab of a second leaflet of the plurality of leaflets arranged adjacent to an opposite, second side of the protruding portion and secured directly to the attachment member.