Patent ID: 11918460
Assignee: LAPLACE INTERVENTIONAL INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 13:
14. A prosthetic heart valve comprising:
a frame member comprising:
an inflow end portion comprised of first cells;
an outflow end portion comprised of second cells;

an occluder extending between the inflow end and outflow end portions and comprising valve leaflets attached to the frame member in an arrangement that: (i) allows blood flow through the occluder in a direction from the inflow end portion toward the outflow end portion along a central axis of the occluder and (ii) prevents blood flow through the occluder in a direction from the outflow end portion toward the inflow end portion;
a first anterior flap extending from the outflow end portion in a first direction that is transverse to the central axis; and
a second anterior flap extending from the outflow end portion in the first direction,
wherein the first cells are smaller than the second cells, and
wherein a transverse cross-sectional shape of the inflow end portion is circular, and wherein a transverse cross-sectional shape of the outflow end portion is oval shaped.