Unstented heart valve with formed in place support structure
CA 2563426 C · Owner: Dfm, Llc · Inventors: Bishop, Gordon B.; Lashinski, Randall T.
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An implantable prosthetic valve (100) has an in situ formable support structure. The valve comprises a prosthetic valve (104) having a base and at , least one flow occluder. A first flexible component is incapable of retaining the valve at a functional site in the arterial vasculature. The first component (126) extends proximally of the base of the valve. A second flexible component (128) is incapable of retaining the valve at a functional site in the arterial vasculature. The second component extends distally of the base of the valve. At least one rigidity component (300) combines with at least one of the first and second flexible components to impart sufficient rigidity to the …
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- Filed May 5, 2005 and granted December 24, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 5, 2025.
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