Self-expanding valve for the venous system
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1. An implantable venous device made of a sheet of biocompatible material, comprising:
- a longitudinal wire-frame structure having a base, wherein the wire-frame structure is a continuous seamless wire loop, the base of the wire-frame structure being radially inwardly compressible; and
plural anchoring mesh lattice wing members spaced apart and connected to the base of the wire-frame structure, wherein each mesh lattice wing member and the wire-frame are integral parts from said sheet of biocompatible material.
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Abstract
A venous valve device and method of formation are described to provide antegrade blood flow in the deep venous vessels of the leg or in other venous vessels of the body having incompetent or irreversibly dysfunctional valves. The venous valve device is made of a sheet of biocompatible material, comprising a longitudinal wire-frame structure that is a continuous seamless wire loop and plural anchoring mesh-lattice wing members spaced apart and connected to the base of the wire-frame structure.
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1. An implantable venous device made of a sheet of biocompatible material, comprising:
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a longitudinal wire-frame structure having a base, wherein the wire-frame structure is a continuous seamless wire loop, the base of the wire-frame structure being radially inwardly compressible; and plural anchoring mesh lattice wing members spaced apart and connected to the base of the wire-frame structure, wherein each mesh lattice wing member and the wire-frame are integral parts from said sheet of biocompatible material. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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