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/Leaflets With Polymeric Tissue-adherent Surfaces
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to prosthetic valves configured to allow or encourage tissue adherence to polymeric surfaces of valvular structures thereof. In an example, a prosthetic valve can include a frame movable between a radially compressed state and a radially expanded state, and a valvular structure mounted inside the frame, the valvular structure comprising a plurality of leaflets. Each leaflet comprises a leaflet polymeric inner surface facing a central longitudinal axis of the prosthetic valve, and a leaflet polymeric outer surface facing the frame, wherein at least one of the polymeric surfaces of the leaflet comprises a tissue-adherent surface, configured to allow tissue adherence thereto.

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What is claimed is:

The present disclosure relates to prosthetic valves configured to allow or encourage tissue adherence to polymeric surfaces of valvular structures thereof. In an example, a prosthetic valve can include a frame movable between a radially compressed state and a radially expanded state, and a valvular structure mounted inside the frame, the valvular structure comprising a plurality of leaflets. Each leaflet comprises a leaflet polymeric inner surface facing a central longitudinal axis of the prosthetic valve, and a leaflet polymeric outer surface facing the frame, wherein at least one of the polymeric surfaces of the leaflet comprises a tissue-adherent surface, configured to allow tissue adherence thereto.
Timeline
Filed
02/17/2026
Published
06/25/2026
Granted
Not Available
IPC Codes(5)
A61F 2/24:Heart valves
A61F 2/00:Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents (dental prostheses A61C 13/00; artificial kidneys A61M 1/14; artificial hearts A61M 60/00)
A61L 27/18:obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds