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Driver tool for heart valve prosthesis fasteners

  • US 6,074,418 A
  • Filed: 12/01/1998
  • Issued: 06/13/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/20/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A driver tool for a heart valve prosthesis component for driving helical fasteners through the heart valve prosthesis component into a tissue annulus of the heart, comprising:

  • a tool housing having a distal end couplable to engage the heart valve prosthesis component and a proximal end spaced away from the distal end; and

    a drive train mounted in the tool housing having a drive shaft at the proximal end couplable to a driving force and a plurality of driver tips at the distal end couplable to the helical fasteners in the heart valve prosthesis component, the drive train distributing the driving force to each of the driver tips.

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