HEART VALVE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF IMPLANTING IN THE BODY
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A CHECK VALVE FOR USE IN A HUMAN HEART OR THE LIKE IN WHICH THE BODY PORTION CONTAINS CHECK VALVE MEANS ON THE INSIDE THEREOF AND IN WHICH THE OUTER WALL PORTIONS CONTAIN A GROOVE AROUND THE PERIPHERY THEROF TO RECEIVE A FASTENER IN THE FORM OF A SNAP RING OR THE LIKE. A METHOD IS DESCRIBED IN WHICH A MEMBRANE IS OPENED, A STIFF BUT RESILIENT FASTENER SUCH AS A SNAP RING IS SEWN IN PLACE THEREIN, CLOSELY ADJACENT THE EDGES OF THE MEMBRANE WHICH DEFINE THE OPENING THEREIN, AND A CHECK VALVE SUCH AS THAT DESCRIBED IS NAPPED INTO PLACE IN THE OPENING IN THE MEM-
BRANE AS THE RING IS OPENED AND CLOSED OVER THE VALVE, IN REGISTRY WITH THE GROOVE. PREFERABLY, THE VALVE IS A PLASTIC MATERIAL AND THE RING IS STAINLESS STELL OR STILL SILICONE RUBBER. THE VALVE AND METHOD MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO IMMOBILIZE THROMBOGENIC MATERIALS RESULTING FROM THE INCLUSION OF A HEART VALVE OR THE LIKE IN THE BODY.
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