Driver tool for heart valve prosthesis fasteners

Details Driver tool for heart valve prosthesis fasteners Driver tool for heart valve prosthesis fasteners

1998-12-01

2000-06-13

Willse, David H.

Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or ai

Heart valve

Combined with surgical tool

81 5722, 623 238, A61F 224, B25B 1700

Patent

active

060744189

ABSTRACT:
A driver tool which drives helical fasteners through a heart valve component into tissue. The tool has a tool housing with a distal end couplable to engage the implanted component. A drive shaft at the proximal end of the driver tool couples to a driving force. Multiple driver tips couple to helical fasteners for the heart valve component. A drive train in the tool housing distributes the drive to the driver tips.

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