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Stentless heart valve and holder

  • US 5,336,258 A
  • Filed: 12/14/1992
  • Issued: 08/09/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/07/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A stentless aortic valve prosthesis comprising an animal aortic segment having an external surface and an internal surface, the aortic segment further comprising an aortic root, an outflow rim adjacent the aortic root, an inflow rim, a left coronary artery, a right coronary artery, a right coronary septal shelf, a plurality of valve leaflets, each valve leaflet having cusps and edges with the adjacent edges of the valve leaflets meeting to form commissures, and a pseudoannulus line located adjacent the commissures along the internal surface of the aortic segment, the improvement comprising:

  • coronary openings formed by cutting away the left and right coronary arteries while leaving intact a band of aortic wall adjacent the outflow rim.

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