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

Claim 0:
1. 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 gridded 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 sealing material defines spacings extending through a thickness of the sealing material such that portions of the support behind the sealing material are visible through the spacings when the heart valve assembly is in an undeployed state,
wherein the covering is made of a polymer.