Patent ID: 8961595
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A prosthetic valve, comprising: a stent having an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration, the stent in the expanded configuration having a longitudinal axis, an inflow end and an outflow end, a first portion of the stent adjacent the inflow end inclining radially outwardly in a direction toward the inflow end, and a second portion of the stent between the first portion and the outflow end bulging radially outwardly, the second portion of the stent being positioned between a first axial distance from the inflow end and a second axial distance from the inflow end, the stent also including a plurality of commissure supports positioned between the first axial distance from the inflow end and the second axial distance from the inflow end; and a valve assembly supported by the stent.