Patent ID: 11903827
Assignee: ANTERIS TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 31:
32. A prosthetic heart valve comprising:
a valve member comprising three flexible leaflets;
a metal framework comprising: (i) multiple cells, (ii) commissure posts to which the valve member is attached, and (iii) frame portions defining one or more openings that are smaller than the multiple cells;
a skirt attached to an inflow end of the metal framework; and
protective covering members attached to and covering a localized valve-facing surface of the frame portions, wherein the protective covering members are separate from the skirt,
wherein each leaflet of the three flexible leaflets includes a free edge, wherein each of the free edges extends between two of the commissure posts,
wherein the valve member is reconfigurable between a fully closed configuration in which the free edges are in contact with each other and a fully open configuration in which the free edges are separated from each other,
wherein, in the fully open configuration, middle portions of each of the free edges are located closer to the inflow end than outflow edges of each of the protective covering members, and
wherein, in the fully closed configuration, all portions of each of the free edges are located closer to the outflow end than the outflow edges of each of the protective covering members.