Medical valve implant for implantation in an animal body and/or human body
AssigneeBIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG
InventorsNils Le Cerf, Adalberto Sebastiao Camim
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Abstract
A medical valve implant having a medical heart valve fastened to a base body, the base body having a circumferential arrangement of cells with a proximal end and a distal end to provide inflow and outflow sections when implanted, where some of the cells at the distal end are connected to holding devices that cant inward. Within the cells can be smaller cells having two halves configured for outward movement relative to the larger surrounding cell.
Claims13
A medical valve implant comprising a medical heart valve fastened to a base body, the base body comprising a circumferential arrangement of cells with a proximal end and a distal end to provide inflow and outflow sections when implanted, wherein some of the cells at the distal end are connected to holding devices that cant inward.
A medical valve implant comprising:
- an implant structure configured as a medical valve;
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- a collar comprising a plurality of cells joined to form an open mesh extending in a circumferential direction around the implant structure, and a smaller cell situated within an inner contour of a larger surrounding cell, wherein the smaller cell has two halves configured for outward movement relative to the larger surrounding cell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.