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Prosthetic valve for a blood vein and an associated method of implantation of the valve

  • US 4,851,001 A
  • Filed: 01/07/1988
  • Issued: 07/25/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/17/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of implanting a prosthetic valve within a blood vessel comprising the steps of:

  • providing a prosthetic valve including(a) a support ring positionable within said blood vessel and having an outer surface which includes an outwardly facing annular groove, and(b) leaflet means connected to said support ring in a manner permitting substantially unidirectional flow through said ring;

    forming an opening in the blood vessel at a location therealong spaced from the location at which said valve is desired to be implanted;

    inserting said prosthetic valve through the formed opening to such desired location at which said valve is to be implanted and orienting said valve so that said support ring thereof is generally in a radial plane of said blood vessel;

    providing cord means;

    tightening the cord means about the outer wall of the blood vessel such that the proximate portion of the blood vessel is caused to assume the contour of said groove; and

    holding such tigntened cord means so that said support ring is held in such desired position.

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