Woven implantable device
AssigneeCook Medical Technologies LLC
InventorThomas A. Osborne
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Abstract
A prosthetic valve device, a method for making a valve device, and a method for implanting a valve device into a recipient are provided. The valve device includes at least one flexible member formed at least partially from a woven layer. The woven layer includes a first material and a second material being at least partially woven together. The at least one flexible member is movable between a first position that permits fluid flow in a first direction and a second position that substantially prevents fluid flow in a second direction. The valve has a first, unexpanded configuration and a second, expanded configuration.
Claims20
A method of making a prosthetic valve for implantation in a body vessel, the method comprising:
- providing a first material comprising a metal, the first material being capable of forming a first, unexpanded configuration and a second, expanded configuration for a woven layer;
- providing a second material;
- weaving together at least a portion of the first material with the second material to form the woven layer;
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- forming a valve device from the woven layer, the valve device having a leaflet formed of a portion of the woven layer having multiple filaments of the first material and the second material and being movable between a first position that permits fluid flow in a first direction and a second position that substantially prevents fluid flow in a second direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.