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

Claim 0:
1. 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, including a first row of angled struts defining an inflow end of the frame, a second row of angled struts downstream of the first row, a third row of angled struts downstream of the second row, a fourth row of angled struts downstream of the third row, and a fifth row of angled struts downstream of the fourth row, 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 a straight inflow end portion secured to the struts of the first row with sutures and an outflow edge portion having a plurality of triangular projections secured with sutures to the struts of a selected one of the second, third, or fourth row of angled struts, wherein the projections are shaped to correspond to the zig-zag pattern of the selected row of struts;
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.