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Biomedical valve devices, support frames for use in such devices, and related methods

  • US 8,992,598 B2
  • Filed: 09/04/2012
  • Issued: 03/31/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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