Patent ID: 11931256
Assignee: SEVEN SUMMITS MEDICAL, INC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 3:
4. The prosthetic heart valve according to claim 3, wherein,
each one of the plurality of leaflets has a semicircle/semicircle-like shape with an arc edge corresponding to the second portion and a free edge corresponding to the first portion, the free edge is at the distal end and extends between two ends of the arc edge which is wrapped out to the outer circumferential side of the proximal end of the stent,
the first portions of the plurality of leaflets are disposed within the stent to operate in a close state for inhibiting blood flowing from the distal end to the proximal end through the prosthetic heart valve when being in contact with each other, or in an open state for allowing blood flowing from the proximal end to the distal end through the prosthetic heart valve when being separated from each other, and
the stent has a proximal-end contour matching the arc edges of the plurality of leaflets.