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Implantable vascular device

  • US 20040186558A1
  • Filed: 08/15/2003
  • Published: 09/23/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A valve prosthesis for implantation with a vascular vessel, comprising:

  • a support frame supporting one or more leaflets, wherein each of the one of more leaflets has a co-apting edge adjacent an end of the support frame;

    the support frame and leafets together functional as a valve to restrict blood flow in a first direction when implated in the vascular vessel; and

    a least one centering support element configured to contact a wall of the vessel at a position distal to the co-apting edge.

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