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

Claim 0:
1. A prosthetic heart valve comprising:
a stent frame that is reconfigurable between a low-profile delivery configuration and an expanded operable configuration; and
a valve member comprising a single piece of collagen-based biomaterial attached to the stent frame and comprising multiple leaflets, wherein each leaflet has a free edge and is molded and cross-linked to retain a three-dimensional shape comprising a concave region,
wherein the prosthetic heart valve includes an inflow end and an outflow end, wherein the valve member is configured to: (i) open to allow blood flow from the inflow end to the outflow end and (ii) close to prevent blood flow from the outflow end to the inflow end, and
wherein the concave region of each leaflet is spaced apart from an edge of the stent frame at the inflow end by portions of the collagen-based biomaterial that are molded to be non-planar.