Artificial heart valve
US4599081A · kind A · utility
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31Claims
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 30, 1982 |
| Grant date | Jul 8, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 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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