Patent ID: 9265631
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: A61F

Claim Text:
1. A stent, comprising: a lattice skirt, having a plurality of closed cells extending around a circumference of the stent and disposed at a first end of the stent; a plurality of first arches, each having an apex projecting toward the first end of the stent and configured to be disposed within a sinus pocket of a native valve radially outward of a plurality of leaflets of the native valve when the stent is implanted; a first set of retaining arms, wherein respective first ends of each of the retaining arms of the first set are joined to the lattice skirt, and wherein respective second ends of each of the retaining arms of the first set are joined to one another; a second set of retaining arms, wherein respective first ends of each of the retaining arms of the second set are joined to the lattice skirt, and wherein respective second ends of each of the retaining arms of the second set are joined to one another; a first pair of struts, wherein respective first ends of each of the struts of the first pair are joined to the lattice skirt, and wherein respective second ends of each of the struts of the first pair of struts are joined to a portion of a retaining arm of the first set of retaining arms between the first and second ends of the respective retaining arm; and a second pair of struts, wherein respective first ends of each of the struts of the second pair are joined to the lattice skirt, and wherein respective second ends of each of the struts of the second pair of struts are joined to a portion of a retaining arm of the second set of retaining arms between the first and second ends of the respective retaining arm.