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Implantable vascular device

  • US 20010039450A1
  • Filed: 02/05/2001
  • Published: 11/08/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/02/1999
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An implantable valve for a bodily passage of tubular shape, comprising:

  • a plurality of leaflets, each leaflet thereof having a body extending from a wall-engaging outer edge to an inner edge proximate a corresponding inner edge of at least one or another of the plurality of leaflets, the inner edges of said plurality of leaflets cooperable to define an opening therebetween to permit fluid flow in a first direction along the bodily passage, and further cooperable to engage each other sufficiently to at least substantially occlude fluid flow in a second direction opposing the first direction, the outer edge of each of the plurality of leaflets adapted to engage a wall of the bodily passage oriented at least partially longitudinally therealong and at least partially circumferentially therearound such that the leaflet extends along said bodily passage away from the inner edges in said second direction,

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