KVEEN, GRAIG L.,JENSON, MARK L.,THIELEN, JOSEPH M.,DRASLER, WILLIAM J.,EIDENSCHINK, TRACEE E.J.
申请号:
CA2710770
公开号:
CA2710770C
申请日:
2008.12.19
申请国别(地区):
CA
年份:
2016
代理人:
摘要:
Devices, systems, and methods are provided to treat diseased cardiac valves.The device includes a percutaneousheart valve (100) having an expandable valve frame (102) including valve framemembers (105), a valve leaflet (132) coupled tothe valve frame, and an expandable stent anchoring frame (104) coupled to thevalve frame including stent frame members (106)defining a first portion (108) and a second portion (110) having greaterflexibility than the first portion, where the first portion andthe valve frame define a length, and where the stent frame members and thevalve frame members along the length provide acon-tiguous surface over which a delivery device can repeatedly slide over thelength in its entirety in two longitudinal directions whenthe first portion and the valve frame are in a partially expanded state duringdelivery from the delivery device.