Patent ID: 11951004
Assignee: MEDTRONIC, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 15:
16. The prosthesis of claim 15, wherein the second set of crowns of the inflow stent is attached to the first set of crowns of the first body stent by exactly three axial suture loops extending over adjacent crowns and exactly two transverse suture loops extending over the three axial suture loops, and
wherein the second set of crowns of the first body stent is attached to the first set of crowns of the third body stent by exactly three axial suture loops extending over adjacent crowns and exactly two transverse suture loops extending over the three axial suture loops, and
wherein the second set of crowns of the third body stent is attached to the first set of crowns of the fourth body stent by exactly three axial suture loops extending over adjacent crowns and exactly two transverse suture loops extending over the three axial suture loops, and
wherein the second set of crowns of the fourth body stent is attached to the first set of crowns of the second body stent by exactly three axial suture loops extending over adjacent crowns and exactly two transverse suture loops extending over the three axial suture loops, and
wherein the second set of crowns of the second body stent is attached to the first set of crowns of the outflow stent by exactly three axial suture loops extending over adjacent crowns and exactly two transverse suture loops extending over the three axial suture loops.