Patent ID: 11903823
Assignee: ST. JUDE MEDICAL, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 16:
17. A prosthetic heart valve, comprising:
an annularly collapsible and re-expandable supporting structure extending from an inflow end having an inflow edge to an outflow end, the supporting structure including an aortic section adjacent the outflow end and an annulus section adjacent the inflow end, the annulus section including a skirt flare;
a plurality of leaflets disposed inside the supporting structure and operative to allow blood flow from the inflow end to the outflow end, but to substantially block blood flow from the outflow end to the inflow end, each of the leaflets including a pair of end members, a free edge and a secured line portion extending between the end members and opposite the free edge, a pair of the end members from each adjacent pair of the leaflets being joined to one another and to the supporting structure;
an inner cuff disposed on a luminal surface of the supporting structure adjacent the inflow end and affixed to the skirt flare; and
an outer cuff disposed on an abluminal surface of the supporting structure adjacent the inflow end and affixed to the skirt flare.