Patent ID: 11903823
Assignee: ST. JUDE MEDICAL, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A prosthetic heart valve, comprising:
an annularly collapsible and re-expandable supporting structure extending from an inflow end having an inflow edge to an outflow end, the supporting structure having a flared section at the inflow end and an additional section adjacent the flared section, the flared section flaring outwardly from the additional section in an expanded condition of the supporting structure;
a plurality of leaflets disposed inside the supporting structure and operative to allow blood flow from the inflow end to the outflow end, but to substantially block blood flow from the outflow end to the inflow end;
an inner cuff disposed on a luminal surface of the supporting structure in the flared section; and
an outer cuff disposed on an abluminal surface of the supporting structure in the flared section.