Prosthesis (i.e. – artificial body members) – parts thereof – or ai – Heart valve – Having rigid or semirigid pivoting occluder
Patent
1995-12-01
1998-02-10
Weiss, John G.
Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or ai
Heart valve
Having rigid or semirigid pivoting occluder
623900, 606 99, A61F 224
Patent
active
057164010
ABSTRACT:
A holder for a prosthetic heart valve is disclosed. The holder, comprising a holder assembly disposed at the distal end of an elongate handle, includes a plurality of distally-projecting fingers adapted to engage the commissure posts of a stented prosthetic valve. The commissure-engaging fingers are movable in a radially-inward direction toward the longitudinal axis of the holder. A mechanism is provided for retaining the fingers in an inwardly-moved position. When the commissure posts of the valve are coupled to the fingers, inward movement of the fingers causes the commissure posts to be deflected inward with respect to the valve, improving the implanting surgeon's access to the valve's suture ring and surrounding tissue.
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Eberhardt Carol E.
Myers David J.
Pinkul Robert A.
Forrest Peter
Kinghorn Curtis D.
Medtronic Inc.
Patton Harold R.
Snow Bruce E.
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