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Device and method for assessing the geometry of a heart valve

  • US 6,678,962 B1
  • Filed: 11/17/2000
  • Issued: 01/20/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/17/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A sizer for a heart valve annulus having a diameter and a contoured line of valve leaflet attachment defining a leaflet shape, the sizer comprising:

  • a first substantially circular diameter sizing portion for measuring the diameter of the valve annulus; and

    a second leaflet sizing portion comprising one or more arched members attached to the diameter sizing portion for assessing the leaflet shape, the leaflet sizing portion comprising one or more arched members, each of which substantially conforms to a predetermined heart valve leaflet height.

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