Prosthetic heart valve with plano-convex disk occluder

Details Prosthetic heart valve with plano-convex disk occluder Prosthetic heart valve with plano-convex disk occluder

1984-01-09

1985-08-06

Apley, Richard J.

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

Heart valve

Having rigid or semirigid pivoting occluder

1375278, A61F 122

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045326592

ABSTRACT:
In a prosthetic heart valve having a free floating, rotatable, pivotable disk occluder for blocking a flow of fluid therethrough, an improvement comprising the provision of a disk occluder (12) having a substantially convex distal surface (39) and a substantially planar proximal surface (38) having a concentrically disposed well (42) formed therein. A proximal positioned control unit (21) and a distal positioned control unit (22) are provided for cooperative interaction with the disk occluder (12) to support the disk occluder (12) in the occlude and non-occlude mode and to provide a pivot guide for transition between the occlude to non-occlude mode and for the transition between the non-occlude to the occlude mode.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4240161 (1980-12-01), Huffstutler, Jr. et al.
patent: 4343049 (1982-09-01), Fettel et al.

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