Patent ID: 9662202
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: A61F

Claim:
1. A mitral valve prosthesis comprising: a frame having an inflow portion, a valve-retaining tubular portion and a pair of support arms, the inflow portion radially extending from a first end of the valve-retaining tubular portion and the pair of support arms being circumferentially spaced apart and extending from an opposing second end of the valve-retaining tubular portion, wherein the inflow portion is formed from a plurality of struts that outwardly extend from the first end of the valve-retaining tubular portion with adjacent struts of the plurality of struts being joined, wherein each strut of the plurality of struts has a substantially s-shaped profile, wherein each strut has a base segment joined to the valve-retaining tubular portion and wherein the base segment has a twisted area, wherein each strut has first and second branch segments that diverge from the base segment and wherein each of the first and second branch segments has a respective twisted area, and wherein a cut width of each of the twisted areas of the respective strut is turned one of clockwise or counterclockwise relative to an initial position of the cut width in a cut pattern of the frame.