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Prosthetic heart valve

  • US 6,723,123 B1
  • Filed: 09/13/2002
  • Issued: 04/20/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/10/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A prosthetic heart valve comprising:

  • an annular body having an inner surface and an outer surface and defining a central axis of the annular body, at least two leaflets pivotally mounted to said annular body, the leaflets including pivoting means connecting the leaflets together and to the inner surface of the annular body, the pivoting means defining a pivoting axis dividing each leaflet in two sectors, one sector larger than the other, whereby the blood flow impinging onto the larger sector of each leaflet causes the leaflet to pivot around the pivoting axis and rotate around the central axis so as to define an axial flow in the blood passing through the valve.

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