Heart valve prosthesis and process for its production
AssigneeBeiersdorf AG
InventorsHanns Pietsch, Holger Kartheus, Hans-Joachim Holtzmann, Gunther Sachau, Helmut Reul
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Abstract
A heart valve prosthesis for replacing the aortic valve or the pulmonary valve, consisting of a support ring with at least two commissure supports in each case and flexible cusps, is characterized in that the height of the support ring including the commissure supports is less than the total height of the heart valve prosthesis.
Claims15
A heart valve prosthesis for replacing the aortic valve or pulmonary valve, comprising at least two flexible cusps having an upper edge boundary at an upper portion of the heart valve prosthesis with a highest point, and a support ring with at least two commissure supports at an upper portion of the ring and said commissures having an upper edge boundary with a highest point, and wherein the height of the highest point of the commissure supports is 20 to 80% of the height of the highest point of the cusps.
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