摘要 |
An oval valve for use in transcutaneous aortic (TAVI) or mitral valve implantation or for direct access valve implantation. The oval leaflet frame or stent provides a better seal with the oval native annulus to reduce perivalvular leaks. The valve leaflets are a bileaflet configuration to provide improved leaflet coaptation independent of the amount of ovality of the native valve annulus. The bileaflet configuration is less dependent upon the diameter and perimeter of the native valve annulus and provides leaflet coaptation without intravalvular leakage. |