Patent ID: 11883284
Assignee: AORTIC INNOVATIONS, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 25:
26. A heart valve assembly comprising:
a covering housing a prosthetic heart valve, wherein the covering extends around the prosthetic heart valve for providing sealing to prosthetic heart valve leaflets;
a metallic support being secured to the covering by a plurality of stitches; and
a sealing material positioned externally to the support for providing sealing between the support and a patient's anatomical wall to prevent paravalvular leaks,
wherein the sealing material includes a plurality of radially extending fibers that extend outwardly away of the support,
wherein the covering is made of a polymer,
wherein the support is formed from a plurality of struts that define apices at an inflow end of the support and are positioned at a same planar level,
wherein at least two apices of the support are uncovered by the sealing material such that an end of the at least two apices extend more proximally than the sealing material,
wherein a most proximally located arcuate fibers extend outwardly away from the support at a position distal of the at least two apices,
wherein the covering extends from a position inwardly of the support to outwardly of the support to cover the at least two apices.