HEART VALVE SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A heart valve system, comprising:
- a heart valve comprising a valve body having a plurality of upwardly extending commissure posts; and
a holder having a holder body comprising a central portion engagable with a holder handle and having a plurality of legs extending downwardly from the central portion, coupled to the valve body intermediate the commissure posts.
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Abstract
A valve system including an aortic valve and a holder. The holder includes a holder body, which has a central portion, engagable with a holder handle, and downwardly extending leg portions that engage the valve in the areas between the commissure posts. The central portion of the holder further includes a spool located between the commissure posts, rotatable by an attached handle. Rotation of the spool draws in a tensile member passing through the commissure posts, drawing the commissure posts inward toward the spool. The tensile member passes through guides formed in the holder, configured such that they define the maximum available inward deflection of the commissure posts at the point at which the portions of the tensile member between the commissure posts assume straight configurations.
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37 Claims
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1. A heart valve system, comprising:
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a heart valve comprising a valve body having a plurality of upwardly extending commissure posts; and
a holder having a holder body comprising a central portion engagable with a holder handle and having a plurality of legs extending downwardly from the central portion, coupled to the valve body intermediate the commissure posts. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A heart valve system, comprising:
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a heart valve comprising a valve body having a plurality of upwardly extending commissure posts; and
a holder having a holder body comprising a central portion coupled to a holder handle and having a plurality of legs extending downwardly from the central portion, coupled to the valve body intermediate the commissure posts. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A heart valve system, comprising:
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a heart valve comprising a valve body having a plurality of upwardly extending commissure posts;
a holder having a holder body engagable with a holder handle and coupled to the valve body, a rotatable spool located intermediate the commissure posts; and
a tensile member, coupled to and windable around the spool and passing through the upper ends of the commissure posts such that rotation of the spool to wind the tensile member around the spool results in deflection of the commissure posts inwardly toward the spool. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A heart valve system, comprising:
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a heart valve comprising a valve body having a plurality of upwardly extending commissure posts;
a holder having a holder body engaged with a holder handle and coupled to the valve body, a rotatable spool located intermediate the commissure posts; and
a tensile member, coupled to and windable around the spool and passing through the upper ends of the commissure posts such that rotation of the spool to wind the tensile member around the spool results in deflection of the commissure posts inwardly toward the spool. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37)
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