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Implantable device as organ valve replacement

  • US 7,510,574 B2
  • Filed: 07/28/2004
  • Issued: 03/31/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Implantable device for use in a human and/or animal body for replacement of an organ valve, comprising:

  • an expandable, elongate main body having a longitudinal axis and being substantially cylindrical in shape about said axis, said body including a first end and a second end each provided with an opening;

    at least one outwardly protruding anchoring portion disposed proximate at least one of said first and second ends of said main body;

    an expandable membrane element provided with at least one opening, said membrane element disposed within the main body and having a valve portion and a ring portion secured to the main body; and

    said main body and said membrane element together movable between a first condition in which said main body and said membrane element together define a first cross sectional area, and a second, deployed condition in which said main body and said membrane element together define a second cross sectional area greater than said first cross sectional area.

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