Patent ID: 11911267
Assignee: THE DAVID J. WHEATLEY DISCRETIONARY TRUST
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 12:
13. The artificial heart valve system according to claim 11, wherein the stent comprises at least one string guidance feature corresponding to each post, and wherein the one or more strings extend through the string guidance features and, optionally, wherein, when the stent is in its expanded operational configuration and the artificial heart valve is in its expanded operational configuration, each post abuts the stent at a location adjacent the corresponding at least one string guidance feature and, optionally, wherein each post comprises a plurality of tunnels through which the one or more strings pass, and each base segment comprises a tunnel through which the one or more strings pass and, optionally, wherein, for each post, the one or more strings pass from at least one of the tunnels of the post through a corresponding string guidance feature of the stent and, optionally, wherein each post comprises the string guidance feature and, optionally, wherein, for each post, the one or more strings pass from at least one of the tunnels of the post through a first corresponding string guidance feature of the stent, through the corresponding string guidance feature of the post, and through a second corresponding string guidance feature of the stent.