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Methods for reduction of pressure effects of cardiac tricuspid valve regurgitation

  • US 7,159,593 B2
  • Filed: 04/17/2003
  • Issued: 01/09/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of protecting an upper body and a lower body of a patient from high venous pressures comprising implanting a first pericardium tissue valve at a superior vena cava and a second pericardium tissue valve at an inferior vena cava, wherein said first and second valves are configured to permit blood flow towards a right atrium of the patient and prevent blood flow in an opposite direction wherein the first valve is connected to the second valve.

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