Patent ID: 11925550
Assignee: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 19:
20. An implantable prosthetic valve that is radially collapsible to a collapsed configuration and radially expandable to an expanded configuration, the prosthetic valve comprising:
an annular frame means including a plurality of angled strut means;
a plurality of leaflet means disposed within the frame means and secured to the frame means;
skirt means secured to the frame means, the skirt means disposed about an edge portion of a leaflet means of the plurality of leaflet means, the skirt means including a plurality of extension portion means wrapped around at least one strut means; and
cord means threaded through at least a portion of the plurality of extension portion means in a direction along an axis of the at least one strut means to secure the skirt means to the at least one strut means.