Patent ID: 11883281
Assignee: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 6:
7. An assembly comprising:
a delivery catheter comprising a balloon; and
an implantable prosthetic heart valve that is radially collapsible to a collapsed configuration and radially expandable to an expanded configuration, the prosthetic heart valve comprising:
a radially collapsible and expandable annular frame, the frame having three commissure attachment posts and a plurality of circumferentially extending rows of angled struts, each row of angled struts comprising angled struts arranged in a zig-zag pattern;
a leaflet structure comprising three leaflets forming three commissures of the leaflet structure, each commissure being connected to one of the commissure attachment posts; and
an annular outer sealing member extending around an outer surface of the frame, the sealing member having an undulating outflow edge portion that is connected to and shaped to correspond to the zig-zag pattern of one of the rows of angled struts, wherein the outflow edge portion defines a plurality of triangular projections;
wherein the outer sealing member fits snugly against the outer surface of the frame when the prosthetic heart valve is in the expanded configuration;
wherein the collapsed prosthetic heart valve can be mounted around the balloon and radially expanded to the expanded configuration with the balloon inside a patient's body.