Patent ID: 9504563
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: A61F

Claim Text:
1. A prosthetic heart valve for implantation at a heart valve annulus, comprising: a non-expandable, non-collapsible annular support structure defining a flow orifice and having an inflow end; valve leaflets attached to the support structure and mounted to alternately open and close across the flow orifice; a plastically-expandable frame having an outflow or first end extending around the flow orifice and connected to the valve at the inflow end of the support structure, the frame having an inflow or second end projecting away from the support structure and being capable of assuming a contracted state for delivery to an implant position and a wider expanded state for outward contact with an annulus, wherein in the contracted state the frame tapers inward in a direction from the first end toward the second end, and wherein the first end of the frame has a scalloped shape with peaks and valleys, and in the contracted state the frame is cylindrical between the peaks and valleys and tapers inward from the valleys to the second end; and a fabric covering around the plastically-expandable frame including an enlarged sealing flange surrounding the second end.