US Patent No: 7,585,321

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Methods of implanting a prosthetic heart valve within a native heart valve

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Abstract

A valve prosthesis which is especially useful in the case of aortic stenosis and capable of resisting the powerful recoil force and to stand the forceful balloon inflation performed to deploy the valve and to embed it in the aortic annulus, comprises a collapsible valvular structure and an expandable frame on which said valvular structure is mounted. The valvular structure is composed of physiologically compatible valvular tissue that is sufficiently supple and resistant to allow the valvular structure to be deformed from a closed state to an opened state. The valvular tissue forms a continuous surface and is provided with strut members that create stiffened zones which induce the valvular structure to follow a patterned movement in its expansion to its opened state and in its turning back to its closed state.

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Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES PVT, INC.IRVINE, CA13
PERCUTANEOUS VALVE TECHNOLOGIESIRVINE, CA5

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cribier, Alain Maromme, FR 19 1671

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Patent Citation Ranking

Forward Cites

Patent Info (Count) # Cites Year
 
ST. JUDE MEDICAL, INC. (12)
8,425,593 Collapsible prosthetic heart valves 0 2008
D660967 Surgical stent 0 2010
D660432 Commissure point 0 2010
D660433 Surgical stent assembly 0 2010
D654169 Forked ends 0 2010
D654170 Stent connections 0 2010
D653341 Surgical stent 0 2010
D653342 Stent connections 0 2010
D653343 Surgical cuff 0 2010
D652926 Forked end 0 2010
D652927 Surgical stent 0 2010
D648854 Commissure points 0 2010
 
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION (7)
8,029,556 Method and apparatus for reshaping a ventricle 0 2007
8,092,518 Methods of implanting two-part heart valves 0 2008
8,080,054 Implantable prosthetic valve with non-laminar flow 0 2008
8,287,591 Transformable annuloplasty ring configured to receive a percutaneous prosthetic heart valve implantation 0 2008
8,349,000 Minimally-invasive heart valves 0 2010
8,348,998 Unitary quick connect prosthetic heart valve and deployment system and methods 0 2010
8,252,051 Method of implanting a prosthetic valve in a mitral valve with pulmonary vein anchoring 0 2011
 
CARDIAQ VALVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (3)
8,403,983 Heart valve 0 2009
8,337,541 Delivery system for vascular implant 0 2009
8,414,644 Vascular implant and delivery system 0 2010
 
COLIBRI HEART VALVE LLC (3)
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8,109,995 Percutaneously implantable replacement heart valve device and method of making same 0 2008
8,361,144 Percutaneously deliverable heart valve and methods associated therewith 0 2011
 
PERCUTANEOUS VALVE TECHNOLOGIES (3)
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8,002,825 Implantable prosthetic valve for treating aortic stenosis 0 2010
8,057,540 Method of treating aortic stenosis using an implantable prosthetic valve 0 2010
 
MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC. (2)
8,021,420 Prosthetic valve delivery system 0 2009
8,273,120 Prosthetic valve delivery system 0 2011
 
SORIN BIOMEDICA CARDIO S.R.L. (2)
8,109,996 Minimally-invasive cardiac-valve prosthesis 0 2005
7,857,845 Cardiac-valve prosthesis 2 2006
 
CARDIAQ TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (1)
8,092,520 Vascular prosthesis connecting stent 0 2006
 
CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION (1)
8,070,800 Transcatheter heart valve prostheses 0 2007
 
DIRECT FLOW MEDICAL, INC. (1)
8,308,796 Method of in situ formation of translumenally deployable heart valve support 0 2007
 
GI DYNAMICS, INC. (1)
8,096,966 Eversion resistant sleeves 0 2010
 
OTHER [CHECK PATENT PROFILE FOR ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION] (1)
7,727,276 System and method for heart valve replacement 1 2007

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