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Bioprosthetic heart valve

  • US 7,201,771 B2
  • Filed: 12/26/2002
  • Issued: 04/10/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A replacement tissue heart valve, which valve comprisesan annulus having a central passageway,three generally crescent-shaped struts connected generally near the midpoints thereof to said annulus at angularly spaced locations therealong,three separate biocompatible flexible leaflets respectively attached to one of each of said struts in locations so as to converge toward one another to close said passageway and to thereafter diverge therefrom to reopen said passageway, each of said leaflets being supported as a stand-alone unit which moves independently of other said leaflets, andsaid annulus and said struts being covered with biocompatible fabric,wherein said struts are connected by anchor pins to said annulus, which pins pass through a marginal portion of said leaflet that is attached to said crescent-shaped strut.

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