Patent ID: 8303648
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An implantable valve prosthesis comprising: a frame having compressed and expanded configurations, the frame comprising an exterior wall and a frame segment having an axial length, the exterior wall defining a hollow interior space surrounded by the exterior wall and extending continuously through the frame segment along the axial length, the exterior wall further defining at least one aperture defining a conduit extending through the exterior wall to the hollow interior space; a valve member operatively connected to the exterior wall and having first and second opposing sides and first and second opposing ends, the first side, second side, and second end being continuously attached to the frame by being wrapped around and surrounding a portion of the frame that includes the frame segment such that the hollow interior space and the at least one aperture are positioned under the wrapped portion of the frame, the first end being free of the frame, the valve member adapted to modify fluid flow through a body lumen; and a therapeutic agent loaded in the hollow interior space in such a way so that at least a portion thereof may pass through the at least one aperture and the valve member.