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Replacement heart valve

  • US 20020138137A1
  • Filed: 05/21/2002
  • Published: 09/26/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/01/1993
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A prosthetic heart valve, comprising:

  • at least two cusps comprised of a thin and flexible material, each cusp having an inner surface and an outer surface and being attached to another cusp along a longitudinal suture line, each of the cusps adapted to flex inwardly into and out of engagement with another cusp so as to close and open the valve in response to force by blood pressure;

    wherein a portion of the inner surface of one cusp is in a facing relationship with a portion of the inner surface of another cusp adjacent the longitudinal suture line when the valve is open.

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