	US 11,806,231 B2
	Commissure marker for a prosthetic heart valve
Jeanette Jasmine Corona, Anaheim, CA (US); Taylor Michael Winters, Stevenson Ranch, CA (US); Ashley Akemi Ishigo, Torrance, CA (US); Lien Huong Thi Hoang, San Juan Capistrano, CA (US); Gil Senesh, Laguna Beach, CA (US); Vicky Hong Do, Anaheim, CA (US); Quang Ngoc Vu, Aliso Viejo, CA (US); Kim D. Nguyen, Irvine, CA (US); and Brendan Michael Dalbow, Huntington Beach, CA (US)
Assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/114,070.
Application 18/114,070 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2021/047063, filed on Aug. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/138,890, filed on Jan. 19, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/069,567, filed on Aug. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0255756 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61B 50/30 (2016.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61F 2/958 (2013.01)

CPC A61F 2/24 (2013.01) [A61B 50/30 (2016.02); A61F 2/2418 (2013.01); A61F 2/2436 (2013.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61F 2/2433 (2013.01); A61F 2/9517 (2020.05); A61F 2002/9583 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0025 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0075 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0002 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0098 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A prosthetic heart valve comprising:

a frame including a plurality of struts forming a plurality of cells of the frame arranged between an inflow end and an outflow end of the frame;

a plurality of leaflets arranged within the frame;

at least one commissure comprising an attachment member arranged across a selected cell of the plurality of cells of the frame and attached to struts of the frame forming the selected cell, and commissure tabs of two adjacent leaflets coupled to the attachment member; and

a radiopaque marker arranged on the attachment member of the commissure, wherein the marker is configured to indicate a location of the commissure of the prosthetic heart valve.