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Low noise heart valve prosthesis and method for operation

  • US 20060111774A1
  • Filed: 04/26/2005
  • Published: 05/25/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A heart valve prosthesis comprising:

  • an annular support having a fluid passageway with an upstream side and a downstream side and at least a first axis of symmetry;

    a pier projecting radially inwardly from said inner surface of said annular support and along said first axis of symmetry;

    a first arm projecting inwardly from an inner surface of said annular support and a second arm projecting inwardly from said inner surface of said annular support so as to be in confronting spaced relation to said first arm thereby defining a second axis of symmetry, wherein said first axis of symmetry and said second axis of symmetry are arcuately off-set from one another; and

    an occluder-disc pivotally mounted between said pier and said first and second arms in said fluid passageway of said annular support.

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