System for replacing a natural aortic valve
CA 2944307 C · Owner: Edwards Lifesciences Pvt, Inc. · Inventors: Bash, Assaf; Spenser, Benjamin; Benichu, Netanel
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A valve prosthesis device is disclosed suitable for implantation in body ducts. The device comprises a support stent comprised of a deployable construction adapted to be initially crimped in a narrow configuration suitable for catheterization through the body duct to a target location and adapted to be deployed by exerting substantially radial forces from within by means of a deployment device to a deployed state in the target location and a valve assembly comprising a flexible conduit having an inlet end and an outlet made of pliant material attached to the support beams providing collapsible slack portions of the conduit at the outlet. The support stent is provided with a plurality of …
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- Filed October 11, 2002 and granted April 30, 2019. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 11, 2022.
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