Patent ID: 11925551
Assignee: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 18:
19. The assembly of claim 18, wherein the plurality of angled struts includes a first row of angled struts at least partially defining the uppermost row of closed cells and a second row of angled struts positioned axially upstream of the first row of angled struts; and wherein the lower edge portion of each leaflet includes first and second opposing side edges, the first side edge being sutured to the cloth member along a first portion of the suture-line that extends in a first direction from a lower end of one of the commissure support posts toward the inflow end of the frame along a first angled strut of the first row and a first angled strut of the second row, and the second side edge being sutured to the cloth member along a second portion of the suture-line that extends in a second direction toward the outflow end of the frame along a second angled strut of the second row and a second angled strut of the first row to a lower end of another one of the commissure support posts.