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Methods of heart valve repair

  • US 5,716,399 A
  • Filed: 10/06/1995
  • Issued: 02/10/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/06/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for repairing a heart valve comprising:

  • (a) sizing an annulus of a heart;

    (b) harvesting tissue;

    (c) cutting a trefoil pattern matched to the size of the annulus from the harvested tissue;

    (d) forming a valve having at least one leaflet from said trefoil pattern, the valve having a base with an edge portion of tissue extending around an outer periphery thereof; and

    (e) suturing the edge portion to the exposed annulus.

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