Percutaneous heart valve, system, and method

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12005881

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Devices, systems, and methods are provided to treat diseased cardiac valves. The device includes a percutaneous heart valve having an expandable valve frame including valve frame members, a valve leaflet coupled to the valve frame, and an expandable stent anchoring frame coupled to the valve frame including stent frame members defining a first portion and a second portion having greater flexibility than the first portion, where the first portion and the valve frame define a length, and where the stent frame members and the valve frame members along the length provide a contiguous surface over which a delivery device can repeatedly slide over the length in its entirety in two longitudinal directions when the first portion and the valve frame are in a partially expanded state during delivery from the delivery device.

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BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED INCONE SCIMED PLACE MAPLE GROVE MN 55311

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Drasler, William J Minnetonka , US 114 9012
Eidenschink, Tracee EJ Wayzata , US 48 2060
Jenson, Mark L Greenfield , US 155 11592
Kveen, Graig L Maple Grove , US 72 4998
Thielen, Joseph M Buffalo , US 59 5339

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