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Dynamic annulus heart valve employing preserved porcine valve leaflets

  • US 5,449,384 A
  • Filed: 09/28/1992
  • Issued: 09/12/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/28/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A prosthetic heart valve, comprising:

  • a flexible frame means comprising a plurality of arcuate frame struts joined together at a common point and extending radially from said common point to free ends spaced from one another; and

    a plurality of preserved natural heart valve leaflets, each having a first free edge, mounted to said frame means such that said free edges of said leaflets extend between the said free ends of said frame struts wherein said leaflets are each provided with a second edge, having an associated strip of aortic tissue and wherein said strips of aortic tissue are joined to one another to enclose said frame struts.

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