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Percutaneously implantable replacement heart valve device and method of making same

  • US 10,390,945 B2
  • Filed: 03/31/2017
  • Issued: 08/27/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/04/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A replacement heart valve device, comprising:

  • a stent member, the stent member configured to be compressible and expandable; and

    a dry valve directly sutured to the stent member, wherein the dry valve includes two to four leaflets made of a treated mammalian pericardium tissue, wherein the treated mammalian pericardium tissue has been treated with glutaraldehyde, glycerol and gas sterilized, and wherein the treated mammalian pericardium tissue forming the dry valve has been subjected to light and mechanical compression to decrease the molecular distance of collagen fibers.

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