Patent ID: 11931255
Assignee: E-VALVE SYSTEMS LTD.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 27:
28. A prosthetic aortic valve, which is configured to be delivered to a native aortic valve of a patient in a constrained delivery configuration, and which comprises:
a frame, which defines a central longitudinal axis when the prosthetic aortic valve is in an expanded deployment configuration, and which comprises interconnected stent struts arranged so as to define interconnected stent cells, including a first stent cell shaped so as to define:
two peaks, consisting of an upstream peak and a downstream peak,
two lateral nodes, consisting of a left lateral node and a right lateral node,
two left stent struts, consisting of (a) an upstream left stent strut joined with the upstream peak and the left lateral node, and (b) a downstream left stent strut joined with the downstream peak and the left lateral node, and
two right stent struts, consisting of (a) an upstream right stent strut joined with the upstream peak and the right lateral node, and (b) a downstream right stent strut joined with the downstream peak and the right lateral node;

a plurality of prosthetic leaflets coupled to the frame so as to allow blood flow in a downstream direction and inhibit blood flow in an upstream direction;
an electronic component, which is disposed at or near one of the peaks, wherein the electronic component comprises an electrode; and
coupling material, which is shaped so as to define:
(a) a first strip that is mechanically coupled to at least one of the left stent struts,
(b) a second strip that is mechanically coupled to at least one of the right stent struts, and
(c) a junction, which couples together the first and the second strips,
such that the first and the second strips together couple the electronic component to the frame at or near the one of the peaks.