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US 12,472,059 · App. 18/166,797 · Granted Nov 18, 2025

Prosthetic heart valve docking assembly

Inventors: David M. Taylor (Lake Forest, CA); Alexander J. Siegel (Irvine, CA); Thomas V. Doherty (Irvine, CA); Christopher J. Olson (Lake Forest, CA); Yoon Hee Kwon (Mission Viejo, CA)
Assignee: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
A61F2/2418A61F2/2412A61F2/2463A61F2/2409A61F2/2427A61F2/2433A61F2/2454A61F2/2457A61F2/246A61F2/2466A61F2/848A61F2210/0014A61F2210/0061A61F2210/0085A61F2220/0008A61F2220/0016A61F2220/0075A61F2230/0023A61F2230/0026A61F2250/0003A61F2250/0004A61F2250/0013A61F2250/0036A61F2250/0048A61F2250/0051A61F2250/0069A61L27/18A61L27/50A61L2400/06A61L2430/20
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Patent No.
US 12,472,059
App. No.
18/166,797
Granted
Nov 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure include an implantable assembly for a native heart valve that includes a prosthetic heart valve and a braided support structure. The prosthetic valve includes a frame and prosthetic leaflets. The braided support structure has an inner braided layer and an outer braided layer. The outer braided layer is disposed over the inner braided layer. The outer braided layer is less porous to blood than the inner braided layer. The braided support structure defines a plurality of arms that are angularly spaced around the prosthetic heart valve such that each arm extends radially outwardly from the prosthetic heart valve. Other embodiments are also described.

Claims (32)

1 . An implantable assembly for a native heart valve comprising:

a prosthetic heart valve comprising a frame and prosthetic leaflets; and

a unitary braided support structure, defining:

a pair of leaflet-facing arms extending radially away from the prosthetic heart valve and from each other, each leaflet-facing arm having a first length; and

a pair of commissural arms extending radially away from the prosthetic heart valve and from each other, the pair of commissural arms being oriented orthogonally with respect to the pair of leaflet-facing arms, and each commissural arm having a second length longer than the first length;

wherein each leaflet-facing arm defines an attachment means for attaching the arm to tissue of the native heart valve.

2 . The implantable assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the braided support structure is configured to completely surround the prosthetic heart valve.

3 . The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein:

the braided support structure is shaped to define a central hub that is dimensioned to completely surround the prosthetic heart valve, and

the arms are angularly spaced around the hub such that each of the arms extends radially outwardly from the hub.

4 . An implantable assembly for a native heart valve comprising:

a prosthetic heart valve comprising a frame and prosthetic leaflets;

a unitary braided support structure:

configured to completely surround the prosthetic heart valve;

having an inner braided layer and an outer braided layer, the outer braided layer being disposed over the inner braided layer, and being less porous to blood than the inner braided layer; and

defining a central hub and a plurality of arms angularly spaced around the prosthetic heart valve such that each arm extends radially outwardly from the prosthetic heart valve, wherein the plurality of arms comprise:

a pair of leaflet-facing arms extending radially away from the hub and oppositely from each other in respective leaflet-facing directions each having a first length; and

a pair of commissural arms extending radially away from the hub and oppositely from each other, the pair of commissural arms being oriented orthogonally with respect to the pair of leaflet-facing arms, and each having a second length longer than the first length.

5 . The assembly according to claim 4 , wherein the outer braided layer comprises polyethylene terephthalate.

6 . The assembly according to claim 4 , wherein the outer braided layer comprises ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene.

7 . The assembly according to claim 4 , wherein the outer braided layer comprises polytetrafluoroethylene.

8 . The assembly according to claim 4 , wherein the outer braided layer comprises urethane.

9 . The assembly according to claim 4 , wherein each of the inner and outer braided layers comprises strands that define pores between the strands, the strands of the inner braided layer being stronger than the strands of the outer braided layer.

10 . The assembly according to claim 4 , wherein each of the inner and outer braided layers comprises strands that define pores between the strands, the strands of the inner braided layer being thicker than the strands of the outer braided layer.

11 . The assembly according to claim 4 , wherein each of the inner and outer braided layers comprises strands that define pores between the strands, the pores of the outer braided layer being smaller than the pores of the inner braided layer.

12 . The assembly according to claim 4 , wherein each of the plurality of arms defines, at an end portion of the arm, an attachment means for attaching the arm to tissue of the native heart valve.

13 . The assembly according to claim 12 , wherein:

the hub is sized to seal against an outer surface of the prosthetic heart valve, and

the arms are dimensioned such that when the end portions of the arms are attached, using the attachment means, to tissue of the native heart valve, the arms block flow of blood between the hub and the native heart valve.

14 . The assembly according to claim 12 , wherein at least one of the attachment means comprises a suture.

15 . The assembly according to claim 12 , wherein at least one of the attachment means comprises a barbed anchor.

16 . The assembly according to claim 12 , wherein at least one of the attachment means comprises a microanchor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 22, 2024
From: TAYLOR, DAVID M.; SIEGEL, ALEXANDER J.; DOHERTY, THOMAS V.; OLSON, CHRISTOPHER J.; KWON, YOON H.
To: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066535/0165 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17096641 · Nov 12, 2020
Division 15976415 · May 10, 2018
Provisional Application 62505239 · May 12, 2017
Related Publication 20230190460A1 · Jun 22, 2023
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