Patent ID: 11857412
Assignee: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 10:
11. The prosthetic valve of claim 1, wherein each of the leaflets of the leaflet construct extends distally from a leaflet base to a free edge, each of the leaflet bases being located at a first longitudinal location along the central longitudinal axis of the support structure, the frame defining a leaflet base level diameter at the first longitudinal location, each of the leaflets being coupled to the plurality of commissure posts at a second longitudinal location along the central longitudinal axis of the support structure that is distal to the first longitudinal location, the frame defining a commissure level diameter at the second longitudinal location, the commissure level diameter being less than the leaflet base level diameter when the prosthetic valve is in an unloaded state and the commissure level diameter being closer in value to the leaflet base diameter when the prosthetic valve is in an operational state than in the unloaded state, the operational state including the prosthetic valve being subjected to an inward radial compressive force on at least a proximal portion of the prosthetic valve.