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7261732 Stent mounted valve  
There is described a prosthetic valve to be inserted into a body lumen, the valve having leaflets that are spread apart during forward flow of fluid to create an orifice, and the leaflets coming...
7018404 Conduit for aorta or pulmonary artery replacement  
Prosthetic conduits include biocompatible material formed into a generally cylindrical section and an expanded section connected to the generally cylindrical section. The conduit has a lumen...
6797000 Tri-composite, full root, stentless valve  
A bioprosthetic heart valve is disclosed. In a first aspect of the invention, a prosthetic heart valve comprises three mammalian heart valve leaflets, each valve leaflet including a full root...
6544285 Aortic root prosthesis with compliant sinuses  
An aortic root prosthesis for being implanted into a patient during a valve sparing surgery as a replacement for a biological aortic root segment of an ascending aorta is disclosed. The aortic root...
6491511 Mold to form stent-less replacement heart valves from biological membranes  
A pair of templates form a mold for substantially flat biological membranes to shape the membrane into a configuration that, after trimming of excess tissue, is adapted for forming a replacement...
6454798 Polymer heart valve with helical coaption surface  
A polymer heart valve has a leaflet with a base geometry of a cylinder for simplicity and effective opening. A helical swept surface is added to the top of the cylinder to enhance stable coaption....
6375679 Prosthetic valve sinus  
The combination of a prosthetic valve and a sinus. The valve has a plurality of flexible leaflets for opening and closing the valve, each leaflet having an edge region attached to a frame of the...
6342070 Stentless bioprosthetic heart valve with patent coronary protuberances and method of surgical use thereof  
A stentless aortic bioprosthesis having patent, non-ligated coronary artery segments extending therefrom, and methods for surgical replacement of aortic and/or non-aortic (e.g., pulmonary) heart...
6334873 Heart valve having tissue retention with anchors and an outer sheath  
An apparatus and a method for constructing a heart valve prepared from autologous tissue. Three tissue leaflets are held in place with tissue anchors on a tissue mounting frame having an annular...
6328763 Optimized geometry of a tissue pattern for semilunar heart valve reconstruction  
A new and unique, optimized, two-dimensional heart valve tissue pattern, valve, and a method of reconstructing a three-dimensional semilunar heart valve, or portion thereof. In one preferred...
6168614 Valve prosthesis for implantation in the body  
A valve prosthesis (9) for implantation in the body by use of catheter (11) comprises a stent made from an expandable cylinder-shaped thread structure (2,3) comprising several spaced apices (4)....
6102944 Methods of tissue heart valve assembly  
Improved, adaptable tissue-type heart valves and methods for their manufacture are disclosed wherein a dimensionally stable, pre-aligned tissue leaflet subassembly is formed and its peripheral edge...
5713953 Cardiac valve prosthesis particularly for replacement of the aortic valve  
A stentless prosthesis is made completely from material, for example bovine pericardium, other than valve material. A projection of the valve sleeve allows reparatory operations on surrounding...
5480424 Heart valve replacement using flexible tubes  
This invention comprises a method of using tubular material to replace a heart valve during cardiac surgery. To create a replacement atrioventricular (mitral or tricuspid) valve, the tube inlet is...
4629459 Alternate stent covering for tissue valves  
A prosthetic heart valve comprising a stent having an annular base and a plurality of legs extending upwardly from said base; a valve element circumscribing said stent and attached thereto, said...
4626255 Heart valve bioprothesis  
A heart valve prosthesis has a supporting frame (22) with a circular cross-section, which is covered with a dacron fabric (23). On one end face the dacron fabric (23) is arranged to form a suture...
4477930 Natural tissue heat valve and method of making same  
A low profile natural tissue heart valve with a one-piece fabric covering is applied to a stent in a minimum number of steps so that virtually no seams are exposed. The one-piece covering serves...
4470157 Tricuspid prosthetic tissue heart valve  
A method and apparatus for providing a tricuspid heart valve that can be assembled with autogenous or foreign tissue using a prefabricated kit comprised of two stents that mate together and a...
4218782 Heart valve prosthesis and method for the production thereof  
A flexible non-stented heart valve prosthesis made from a flat piece of a stabilized biological membrane. The membrane is folded along one or more folding lines and attached to a flat flexible...
4172295 Tri-cuspid three-tissue prosthetic heart valve  
This invention relates to improvements in a tri-cuspid tissue prosthetic heart valve having a valve body with sewing holes provided at each interval between the cusps of the valve, which...
4084268 Prosthetic tissue heart valve  
A tissue heart valve has a cloth-covered stent which provides several layers of padding over the stent edges and an integral sewing ring while maximizing the internal valve diameter for a given...
4035849 Heart valve stent and process for preparing a stented heart valve prosthesis  
An anatomically configured stent for a tanned, expanded natural tissue heart valve, a valve prosthesis including the stent, and a process for preparing the prosthesis are disclosed. The stent...
3983581 Heart valve stent  
An anatomically configured stent for a tanned, expanded natural tissue heart valve and a valve prosthesis including the stent are disclosed. The stent comprises a frame whose interior configuration...
3966401 Preparing natural tissue for implantation so as to provide improved flexibility  
An arrangement for preparing natural tissue in the form of a heart valve, vessel or the like for implantation in which alternately tanning fluid under pressure is applied to a portion of the tissue...
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