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BICUSPID VASCULAR VALVE AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND IMPLANTING SAME

  • US 20080065198A1
  • Filed: 11/13/2007
  • Published: 03/13/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vascular valve comprising:

  • a generally tubular element with first and second ends;

    the first end comprising an orifice that can occupy either a first or a second position, wherein said first position is flat and generally closed, and said second position is generally circular and open;

    the second end comprising at least two flexible members, each of the flexible members including an edge region having no frame structure, and wherein a length of said orifice between said at least two opposing free edges when said orifice is generally closed is equal to about 1.5 to 2 times the diameter of a patient'"'"'s right ventricular outflow tract or blood vessel.

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