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Nonstented heart valves with formed in situ support

  • US 20060020327A1
  • Filed: 05/05/2005
  • Published: 01/26/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/05/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of in situ formation of a prosthetic valve support, comprising the steps of:

  • providing a prosthetic valve, attached to a flexible support component which is incapable of retaining the valve at a functional site in the arterial vasculature, the support component extending both proximally and distally of the base of the valve;

    positioning the valve at the site; and

    supplementing the flexible support component to increase the rigidity of the support component sufficiently to retain the valve at the site.

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