{"number":"US12697208B2","kindCode":"B2","documentType":"grant","title":{"original":"Assemblies of an expandable prosthetic heart valve within an annuloplasty ring","english":"Assemblies of an expandable prosthetic heart valve within an annuloplasty ring"},"abstract":{"original":"The invention is a cardiac implant, and associated methods therefore, configured to repair and/or replace a native heart valve, and having a support frame configured to be reshaped into an expanded/changed form in order to receive and/or support an expandable prosthetic heart valve therein. The implant may be configured to have a generally rigid and/or expansion-resistant configuration when initially implanted to replace/repair a native valve (or other prosthetic heart valve), but to assume a generally non-rigid and/or expanded/expandable form when subjected to an outward force such as that pr…","english":"The invention is a cardiac implant, and associated methods therefore, configured to repair and/or replace a native heart valve, and having a support frame configured to be reshaped into an expanded/changed form in order to receive and/or support an expandable prosthetic heart valve therein. The implant may be configured to have a generally rigid and/or expansion-resistant configuration when initially implanted to replace/repair a native valve (or other prosthetic heart valve), but to assume a generally non-rigid and/or expanded/expandable form when subjected to an outward force such as that pr…"},"applicants":["EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION"],"inventors":["Mark A. Konno"],"filingDate":"2023-10-05","publicationDate":"2026-08-04","grantDate":"2026-08-04","verifiedWithOffice":true,"pdfUrl":"https://downloadpatent.com/pdf/US12697208B2.pdf","pages":{"en":"https://downloadpatent.com/patent/US12697208B2","zh-Hant":"https://downloadpatent.com/zh-Hant/patent/US12697208B2","ja":"https://downloadpatent.com/ja/patent/US12697208B2"}}