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Heart valve holder and method for resisting suture looping

  • US RE47,065 E1
  • Filed: 08/11/2016
  • Issued: 10/02/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A holder for a flexible leaflet prosthetic heart valve that helps prevent suture looping, the heart valve having an inflow end and an outflow end and a flow axis therebetween, the valve including a plurality of generally axially-extending commissure posts circumferentially-spaced around the outflow end that support occluding flexible leaflets of the valve, the holder comprising:

  • a valve abutment portion that contacts the inflow end of the valve;

    a member coupled to the valve abutment portion and extending therefrom along the flow axis to a distal tip of the member on the outflow side of the leaflets; and

    a plurality of lengths of flexible material each having first segments angled in the outflow direction from the commissure posts to the distal tip of the member in a tent configuration to help prevent suture looping during implant.

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