Suture rings for heart valves

Details Suture rings for heart valves Suture rings for heart valves

1988-01-13

1989-09-05

Apley, Richard J.

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

Heart valve

Having rigid or semirigid pivoting occluder

623900, A61F 224

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048634603

ABSTRACT:
A suture ring including a continuous compression ring formed of a ductile, electrically conductive material and a layer of fabric secured around the compression ring. The compression ring is dimensioned slightly larger than the circumferential surface of a heart valve upon which it is to be secured, so that the suture ring can be slipped over the heart valve to a position adjacent the circumferential surface without radial expansion of the compression ring. The compression ring is deformed inwardly by electromagnetic forming to securely clamp the heart valve while permitting relative rotation between the suture ring and heart valve.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3396409 (1968-08-01), Melrose
patent: 3579642 (1971-05-01), Hefferman
patent: 4363142 (1982-12-01), Meyer
Handbook of Tables for Applied Engineering Science, 2nd ed., 1973, pp. 103-115.

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