LEVI, Tamir,NGUYEN, Son V.,BENICHOU, Netanel,MAIMON, David,YOHANAN, Ziv,GUROVICH, Nik,FELSEN, Bella,DADONKIN, Larisa
申请号：
AU2019272011
公开号：
AU2019272011A1
申请日:
2019.11.28
申请国别(地区):
AU
年份:
2019
代理人:
摘要：
#$%^&*AU2019272011A120191219.pdf#####PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE ABSTRACT An assembly for implanting a balloon-expandable prosthetic aortic heart valve (10) in a patient's body, the assembly comprising: a delivery apparatus comprising an elongated shaft having an inflatable balloon, and a prosthetic aortic heart valve (10) having a balloon-expandable frame (12) having a radially collapsed state and a radially expanded state, the frame (12) comprising: an inflow row of openings at an inflow end portion (174) of the frame (12), an outflow row of openings at an outflow end portion of the frame (12)； and at least one intermediate row of openings between the inflow row of openings (174) and outflow row of openings； wherein the inflow row of openings (174) is formed by a circumferentially extending lower row of angled struts arranged end-to-end and a circumferentially extending first intermediate row of angled struts arranged end-to-end, the lower and first intermediate rows of angled struts interconnected by a plurality of substantially straight, axially extending struts, wherein the outflow row of openings is formed by a circumferentially extending upper row of angled struts arranged end-to-end and a circumferentially extending second intermediate row of angled struts arranged end-to-end, the upper and second intermediate rows of angled struts interconnected by a plurality of axially extending struts and a plurality of angularly spaced, axially extending commissure window frame portions, wherein each axially extending strut and each commissure window frame portion of the outflow row of openings extends from a location defined by the convergence of the lower ends of two angled struts of the upper row of angled struts to another location defined by the convergence of the upper ends of two angled struts of the second intermediate row of angled struts； and wherein adjacent angled struts of the frame (12) form an angle of at least 120
