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US 2024/0180695 A1Published application
Prosthetic heart valves
AssigneeCorMatrix Cardiovascular, Inc.
InventorRobert G. Matheny
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a continuous tubular shaped valve member formed from crosslinked, acellular pericardium tissue. The tubular shaped valve member can have a lumen, an outer wall, a longitudinal axis, an inlet portion, and an outlet portion, the outlet portion comprising a top edge, wherein said top edge is disposed proximate said inlet portion, the outlet portion defining an outlet in fluid communication with said lumen of said tubular shaped valve member, said inlet portion defining an inlet in fluid communication with said lumen of said tubular shaped valve member.
Claims9
A prosthetic heart valve comprising:
- a continuous tubular shaped valve member comprising crosslinked, acellular pericardium tissue,
- said tubular shaped valve member further comprising a lumen, an outer wall, a longitudinal axis, an inlet portion, and an outlet portion, said outlet portion comprising a top edge, wherein said top edge is disposed proximate said inlet portion
- said outlet portion defining an outlet in fluid communication with said lumen of said tubular shaped valve member, said inlet portion defining an inlet in fluid communication with said lumen of said tubular shaped valve member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.