Prosthesis (i.e. – artificial body members) – parts thereof – or ai – Heart valve – Having rigid or semirigid pivoting occluder
Patent
1992-08-21
1994-04-26
Green, Randall L.
Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or ai
Heart valve
Having rigid or semirigid pivoting occluder
623900, A61F 224, A61F 278
Patent
active
053062965
ABSTRACT:
Adjustable, flexible suture 2ings, mitral and tricuspid annuloplasty 2ings having internal drawstrings that emerge from the 2ings on the annular faces so that the drawstring knots are out of the bloodstream, the drawstrings being contained in clearly marked channels, the mitral 2ing having a curved semi-flexible stiffener member in the anteri/r segment to maintain intertrigonal distance during implantati
are disclosed.
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Elliott Donald P.
Wright John T. M.
Duthler Reed A.
Green Randall L.
Medtronic Inc.
Nguyen Dinh X.
Patton Harold R.
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