Patent ID: 9700409
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: A61F

Claim:
1. A prosthetic heart valve, comprising: a stent body including a plurality of cells arranged in circumferential rows, the plurality of cells including a first group of cells and a second group of cells, the stent body extending from an inflow end to an outflow end in a longitudinal direction; a cuff sutured to the stent body; at least one leaflet attachment panel sutured to the stent so that each cell in the first group of cells is at least partially covered by the at least one leaflet attachment panel and each cell in the second group of cells is fully uncovered by the at least one leaflet attachment panel, the at least one leaflet attachment panel being discontinuous with an adjacent leaflet attachment panel; and at least one prosthetic valve element sutured to a single layer of the at least one leaflet attachment panel; wherein the leaflet attachment panel is integral with none of the stent body, the cuff, and the prosthetic valve element; wherein the cuff covers at least part of a luminal or abluminal surface of the stent body and a portion of the cuff is aligned with the at least one leaflet attachment panel in a radial direction transverse the longitudinal direction.