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

Claim 0:
1. 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, wherein upstream ones of the stent cells are located in an upstream half of the frame and define respective upstream peaks;
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 electrode, which is disposed at or near an upstream peak of one of the upstream stent cells, wherein first and second upstream stent struts of the one of the upstream stent cells are joined at the upstream peak; and
coupling material, which is shaped so as to define:
(a) a first strip that is mechanically coupled to the first upstream stent strut,
(b) a second strip that is mechanically coupled to the second upstream stent strut, and
(c) a junction, which couples together the first and the second strips,
such that the first and the second strips together couple the electrode to the frame at or near the upstream peak.