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US 2020/0069416 A1Published application
Percutaneously implantable replacement heart valve device and method of making same
AssigneeColibri Heart Valve LLC
InventorsDavid PANIAGUA, R. David FISH, Eduardo INDUNI, Carlos MEIJA, Francisco LOPEZ-JIMENEZ
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Abstract
A replacement heart valve device including a stent member that is to be compressible and expandable, and a dry valve directly sutured to the stent member. The dry valve includes two to four leaflets made of a treated pericardium tissue that has been gas sterilized.
Claims18
A replacement heart valve device, comprising:
- a stent member, the stent member configured to be compressible and expandable;
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- a dry valve directly sutured to the stent member, wherein the dry valve includes two to four leaflets made of a treated pericardium tissue, and wherein the treated pericardium tissue has been gas sterilized.
An assembly for percutaneous and transluminal delivery of a medical implant, comprising:
- a delivery and implantation system including a flexible catheter;
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- a replacement heart valve device residing within the flexible catheter and configured for delivery by the flexible catheter, the replacement heart valve device including:
- a stent member, the stent member configured to be compressible and expandable;
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- a dry valve directly sutured to the stent member, wherein the dry valve includes two to four leaflets made of treated pericardium tissue, and wherein the treated pericardium tissue has been gas sterilized.
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