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Apparatus for repairing heart valves and method of use thereof

  • US 10,531,956 B2
  • Filed: 09/01/2016
  • Issued: 01/14/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/03/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for repairing a heart valve, the apparatus comprising:

  • a radially expandable body; and

    a blood-permeable member attached to the body at a first end and having at least one cord at a second end opposed to the first end,wherein the blood-permeable member comprises a flexible material configured to permit the flow of blood from a first side of the blood-permeable member to a second side of the blood-permeable member through the blood-permeable member,wherein the flexible material comprises one or more of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), expanded PTFE, polyethylene, polypropylene, polyethylene terephthalate, and extracellular matrix biomaterial.

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