Stents for prosthetic heart valves

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9333100
APP PUB NO 20140081383A1
SERIAL NO

14087990

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A stented valve including a stent structure including a generally tubular body portion having a first end, a second end, an interior area, a longitudinal axis, and a plurality of vertical wires extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis around a periphery of the body portion, wherein the plurality of vertical wires includes multiple commissure wires and at least one structural wire positioned between adjacent commissure wires, and a plurality of V-shaped wire structures having a first end, a second end, and a peak between the first and second ends, wherein a first end of each V-shaped structure extends from a first vertical wire and a second end of each V-shaped structure extends from a second vertical wire that is adjacent to the first vertical wire, wherein each V-shaped structure is oriented so that its peak is facing in the same direction relative to the first and second ends of the body portion, and a valve structure including a plurality of leaflets attached to the stent structure within the tubular body portion.

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MEDTRONIC INCMINN MINNESOTA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Awad, Maria Chino Hills, US 4 9
Eberhardt, Carol E Fullerton, US 47 5255
Majkrzak, Carolyn San Clemente, US 17 1484
Ryan, Timothy R Shorewood, US 99 13609
Shay, Janice L Lake Forest, US 16 2236
Tabor, Charles Shoreview, US 37 4986
Young, Melissa Irvine, US 6 270

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