Prosthesis (i.e. – artificial body members) – parts thereof – or ai – Heart valve – Having rigid or semirigid pivoting occluder
Patent
1994-03-08
1996-01-30
Green, Randall L.
Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or ai
Heart valve
Having rigid or semirigid pivoting occluder
623 3, 623 11, 623 12, 623 66, 607 33, 607119, A61F 224
Patent
active
054877601
ABSTRACT:
A heart valve prosthesis containing electronic circuitry for monitoring valve performance provides information to an implanted transceiver arranged to transmit digital or analog data transcutaneously to an external transceiver. The implanted electronics may be integrally contained within the heart valve prosthesis, or alternatively, may be separately housed in a moisture-proof container within the patient's body but external to the heart. By coupling the implanted transceiver to a pulse generator and electrode combination, electrical stimulating pulses can be applied to the heart upon command from an externally located monitor/transceiver combination.
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ATS Medical Inc.
Green Randall L.
Zuttarelli P.
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