APPARATUS FOR TREATMENT OF CARDIAC VALVES AND METHOD OF ITS MANUFACTURE
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Abstract
A prosthetic valve including a replacement valve having a tubular valve body wall, an expandable stent having a framework with first and second ends, and suturing holding the framework to the valve body at the first and second ends. The suturing at the first end is colored differently from the suturing at the second end.
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35 Claims
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1-20. -20. (canceled)
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21. :
- A prosthetic valve and delivery system, the valve mountable to the delivery system in either correct or incorrect manners, wherein the prosthetic valve comprises;
a valve member; and an expandable stent having a first portion including a first visual indicator and a second portion including a second visual indicator, wherein the second visual indicator is colored differently than the first visual indicator; wherein the delivery system includes a third visual indicator that is generally the same color as the first visual indicator; and wherein the third visual indicator is located such that when the prosthetic valve is correctly mounted to the delivery system, the third visual indicator is adjacent to the first portion of the stent. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
- A prosthetic valve and delivery system, the valve mountable to the delivery system in either correct or incorrect manners, wherein the prosthetic valve comprises;
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29. :
- A prosthetic valve and delivery system, the valve mountable to the delivery system in either correct or incorrect manners, wherein the prosthetic valve comprises;
a valve member; an expandable stent having an inflow portion and an outflow portion; and a first colored indicator to distinguish the inflow end from the outflow end; wherein the delivery system includes a second colored indicator that is generally the same color as the first colored indicator; and wherein the second colored indicator is located such that when the prosthetic valve is correctly mounted to the delivery system, the second colored indicator is adjacent to the first colored indicator. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
- A prosthetic valve and delivery system, the valve mountable to the delivery system in either correct or incorrect manners, wherein the prosthetic valve comprises;
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