Patent · US Expired

Artificial heart valve

US4599081A · kind A · utility

60Cited by
11References
31Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 30, 1982
Grant dateJul 8, 1986
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 30, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/7859
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An artificial heart valve of turbine-like construction includes a rotor that translates and rotates to cause a plurality of rotor blades to either occlude or unocclude spaces between adjacent ones of a plurality of stator blades.

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