Heart valve leaflet
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1. A heart valve comprisinga valve body;
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Abstract
A heart valve is disclosed which includes a valve body and a plurality of flexible leaflets coupled to the valve body. The plurality of leaflets can have an open position and a closed position. Each of the plurality of leaflets can comprise a belly when the plurality of leaflets are in their respective closed positions. The belly of one or more of the plurality of leaflets preferably has a continuous curvature except for two or more features.
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1. A heart valve comprising
a valve body; - and
a plurality of flexible leaflets coupled to the valve body, wherein each of the leaflets has an open position and a closed position, wherein at least one of the leaflets comprises at least two buckle features, wherein each buckle feature is independently selected from the group consisting of a spine, a planar region, a semicircular region, a folded region, a peaked region, a ridged region, a region that is thinner than the rest of the leaflet, end a sine-wave shaped region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A heart valve comprising
a valve body; - and
a plurality of flexible leaflets coupled to the valve body, the plurality of leaflets having an open position and a closed position, each of the plurality of leaflets comprising a belly when the plurality of leaflets are in their respective closed positions, the belly of at least one of the plurality of leaflets having a continuous curvature except for two non-continuous portions. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 15, 16)
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12. A heart valve comprising
a valve body; - and
a plurality of flexible leaflets coupled to the valve body, each leaflet having a thickness, at least one of the plurality of leaflets comprising at least two buckle-susceptible portions, the thickness of the buckle-susceptible portions being different from the thickness of the remaining portion of the leaflet. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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17. A heart valve comprising,
a valve body; - and
a plurality of flexible leaflets coupled to the valve body, each leaflet having an open position and a closed position, wherein at least one of the plurality of leaflets comprises at least two expansion features, the expansion features configured so that the leaflet has more surface area in the open position than it has in the closed position.
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