Patent ID: 11969344
Assignee: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A support stent configured to be implanted at a native heart valve, comprising:
a main body formed by a plurality of curved inner strut members and a plurality of curved outer strut members, the inner strut members forming a plurality of undulating inner peaks and inner valleys, the outer strut members forming a plurality of undulating outer peaks and outer valleys, and a plurality of outer strut interiors formed between adjacent outer strut members,
wherein the inner strut members and the outer strut members intersect with each other,
wherein the inner peaks of the inner strut members are rotationally aligned with respective outer peaks of the outer strut members, and
wherein, when the support stent is implanted at the native heart valve, the outer strut members retain a first native valve leaflet and a second native valve leaflet in an outer strut interior of the plurality of outer strut interiors.