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Heart valve prosthesis for controlled thrombus development

  • US 10,709,554 B2
  • Filed: 03/01/2017
  • Issued: 07/14/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A heart valve prosthesis, comprising:

  • a main body in the form of an expandable or self-expanding stent;

    an artificial heart valve secured in the interior of the main body and surrounded by the main body; and

    a thrombus production and thrombus immobilising terminating material in the form of textile-immobilised fibers within a blood-permeable bag on the outer side of the main body, or a thrombus production and thrombus immobilising terminating material in the form of interconnected multi-filament fibres on the outer side of the main body that mechanically separate from each other in response to blood flow, or a thrombus production and thrombus immobilising terminating material in the form of a permeable sponge-like structure.

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