Biomedical valve devices, support frames for use in such devices, and related methods
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1. A method of treating an animal, comprising:
- implanting a support frame in a harvest body vessel adjacent a natural valve;
keeping the support frame in the harvest body vessel for a period of time sufficient to allow the support frame to become integrated into at least a portion of a thickness of a wall of the harvest body vessel;
after passage of the period of time, harvesting a portion of the harvest body vessel that includes the support frame and the natural valve; and
implanting the portion of the harvest body vessel at a point of treatment in a treatment body vessel of said animal.
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Abstract
Biomedical valve devices, support frames for use in such devices, methods of making such devices, and methods of treating animals, including humans, for valve-related conditions are described. The biomedical valve devices can includes a native tissue valve attached to a support frame or a tissue attached to a support frame in a manner to form a valve. The tissue valve or tissue can be autogenous to the animal being treated.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of treating an animal, comprising:
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implanting a support frame in a harvest body vessel adjacent a natural valve; keeping the support frame in the harvest body vessel for a period of time sufficient to allow the support frame to become integrated into at least a portion of a thickness of a wall of the harvest body vessel; after passage of the period of time, harvesting a portion of the harvest body vessel that includes the support frame and the natural valve; and implanting the portion of the harvest body vessel at a point of treatment in a treatment body vessel of said animal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of treating an animal, comprising:
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implanting a support frame in a body vessel adjacent a natural valve of said animal; keeping the support frame in the body vessel for a period of time sufficient to allow the support frame to become integrated into at least a portion of a thickness of a wall of the body vessel; after passage of the period of time, harvesting a portion of the body vessel that includes the support frame and the natural valve; altering the portion of the body vessel that includes the support frame and the natural valve; and implanting the portion of the body vessel at a point of treatment in a treatment body vessel of said animal.
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20. A method of treating an animal, comprising:
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implanting a support frame in a body vessel adjacent a natural valve of a harvest animal; keeping the support frame in the body vessel for a period of time sufficient to allow the support frame to become integrated into at least a portion of a thickness of a wall of the body vessel; after passage of the period of time, harvesting a portion of the body vessel that includes the support frame and the natural valve; altering the portion of the body vessel that includes the support frame and the natural valve; and implanting the portion of the body vessel at a point of treatment in a treatment body vessel of said animal.
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