Fluid handling – Flow affected by fluid contact – energy field or coanda effect – Means to regulate or vary operation of device
Patent
1977-01-28
1978-09-19
Cline, William R.
Fluid handling
Flow affected by fluid contact, energy field or coanda effect
Means to regulate or vary operation of device
137512, 137527, 251284, A61F 122
Patent
active
041142020
ABSTRACT:
Cardiovascular malfunction is corrected by implantation through open-heart surgery of a prosthetic valve assembly in which a specially formed valve retainer ring, designed to be secured within a blood vessel by means of sutures, supports a plurality of valve flaps in uniquely hinged relationship. The hinged valve flaps are arranged to normally occur in a closed position in which adjacent flap edges, when in abutting relation to one another, limit hinging movement in one direction. The valve flaps are designed to closely resemble valve flaps in a human heart with hinged mountings devised to insure pronounced longevity being provided. Each valve flap, in response to systolic pressure, is free to move away from the normally closed position described. There is thus produced a central passageway through which fluid may flow in a substantial linear path of travel with little, if any, turbulence or traumatic effects being induced. During systole, as well as diastole, flow of fluid between the valve flaps and adjacent inner surfaces of the retainer ring is prevented to avoid formation of blood clots. The shape of the valve flaps may vary and may, for example, be of cuspate form for use in the aorta, or they may be semicircular in form for replacing a mitral valve, or they may be of other shapes.
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D'Angelo George J.
Roy Henry A.
Cline William R.
Hamilton Munroe H.
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