Left ventricle valve

Details Left ventricle valve Left ventricle valve

1998-05-01

2000-04-25

Coggins, Wynn Wood

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137218, A61M 500

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ABSTRACT:
The instant invention is directed to a left ventricle valve for use in a left ventricle drain line. The left ventricle valve includes a unidirectional check valve having duckbill valve portion and a flange portion to movably cover vacuum vent openings. The vacuum vent openings are parallel to the flow passage of the left ventricle valve. The valve also has a pressure relief opening. The invention further contemplates the valve in an extracorporeal circuit for draining the left ventricle of a heart.

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