NON-RETURN VALVES PARTICULARLY AS PROSTHETICS
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A CHECK-VALVE WHICH IS PARTICULARLY THOUGH NOT SOLELY APPLICABLE AS A PROSTHESIS IN CARDIAC SURGERY: IT CONCERNS A VALVE WHICH HAS PLURAL CUSP-LIKE PLIABLE ELEMENTS WHICH ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A DUCT FORMATION SUCH AS TO AFFORD A FLUID-DYNAMIC PRESSURE EFFECT TENDING TO CLOSE THE VALVE THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE VALVE BEING SUCH AS TO MINIMIZE TURBULENCE WHEN FLUID FLOWS THROUGH IT. THE CUSPS ARE SUPPORTED BY A RIGID FRAME HAVING THREE UPSTANDING POSTS SPACED ABOUT 120* APART AND FORM A SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL OPENING WHEN THE VALVE IS AT REST. THE CUSPS ARE MOVED TO THE CLOSED POSITION WHEN REVERSAL OF FLUID FLOW OCCURS THROUGH THE VALVE.
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