A - Human Necessities – 61 – F
Patent
A - Human Necessities
61
F
A61F 2/24 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2556077
A replacement heart valve apparatus. The heart valve apparatus includes a stent and a valve frame having a substantially cylindrical body defining a lumen. The valve frame includes a plurality of curved wire pairs attached to the substantially cylindrical body. Each curved wire pair includes an inner curved wire and an outer curved wire. The wire frame further having a plurality of leaflets. Each leaflet is attached to a respective inner curved wire and extends over a respective outer curved wire, so as to position the body of the leaflet within the lumen of the valve frame.
La présente invention concerne un appareil de remplacement de valvule cardiaque. Cet appareil pour valvule cardiaque comprend un stent et une structure de valvule possédant un corps sensiblement cylindrique définissant une lumière. Cette structure de valvule comprend une pluralité de paires de fils incurvés attachés à ce corps sensiblement cylindrique. Chaque paire de fils incurvés comprend un fil incurvé intérieur et un fil incurvé extérieur. La structure de fil possède aussi une pluralité de feuillets. Chaque feuillet est attaché à un fil incurvé intérieur et s'étend sur un fil incurvé extérieur respectif, de façon à placer le corps de ce feuillet à l'intérieur de la lumière de la structure de valvule.
Lock James E.
Nugent Alan
Children's Medical Center Corporation
Smart & Biggar
LandOfFree
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