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Artificial valve prosthesis having a ring frame

  • US 20070038295A1
  • Filed: 08/11/2006
  • Published: 02/15/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A radially expandable artificial valve prosthesis for regulating fluid flow through a body vessel, comprising:

  • a ring frame, wherein the ring frame is radially expandable to form an expanded ring frame having an expanded ring frame width;

    a first valve leaflet, wherein a first portion of a perimeter of the valve leaflet is attached to the ring frame to form a valve pocket having a valve pocket height of less than the expanded ring frame width, and a support structure attached to the ring frame, wherein the support structure positions the ring frame within the bodily vessel, wherein the first valve leaflet allows fluid flow in a first, antegrade, direction and restricts flow in a second, retrograde direction.

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