Patent ID: 9615920
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: A61F

Claim:
1. A prosthetic heart valve, comprising: a collapsible and expandable stent having a proximal end, a distal end, an annulus section adjacent the proximal end and an aortic section adjacent the distal end, the stent including a plurality of struts; a plurality of commissure features disposed on the stent and coupled to selected ones of the struts, each commissure feature including a body having a proximal end adjacent the annulus section and a distal end adjacent the aortic section, and at least one eyelet in the body, the body being coupled to upper struts near the aortic section; and a collapsible and expandable valve assembly, including a plurality of leaflets, at least one of the leaflets being connected to the at least one eyelet and to at least one of the upper struts via a suture pattern, wherein the struts further include two lower struts coupled to the proximal end of the body, and the at least one leaflet is further connected to the two lower struts.