US Patent:
20190053896, Feb 21, 2019
Inventors:
- Maple Grove MN, US
Ali Salahieh - Saratoga CA, US
Takashi H. Ino - San Jose CA, US
Andrew James Harlan Backus - San Francisco CA, US
Anh Thu Pham - San Jose CA, US
Brian D. Brandt - Morgan Hill CA, US
Mimi Trinh Fitterer - Belmomt CA, US
Michael P. Calomeni - San Jose CA, US
Jarad S. Waisblatt - San Jose CA, US
Assignee:
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. - Maple Grove MN
International Classification:
A61F 2/24
Abstract:
A replacement heart valve commissure assembly may include a locking mechanism including a first locking portion spaced apart from a second locking portion in a delivery configuration and configured to engage with the second locking portion in a deployed configuration, wherein the first locking portion is longitudinally actuatable relative to the second locking portion between the delivery and deployed configurations. The commissure assembly may include a first valve leaflet and a second valve leaflet each secured to the first locking portion. A first sleeve portion of the first valve leaflet may be fixedly attached to a first fabric sleeve wrapped around a first leg of the first locking portion by a first filament, and a second sleeve portion of the second valve leaflet may be fixedly attached to a second fabric sleeve wrapped around a second leg of the first locking portion by a second filament.