Heart valve prosthesis and process for its production

US4778461A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BEIERSDORF AG · DE

Inventors

• Hanns Pietsch · Hamburg, DE
• Holger Kartheus · Hamburg, DE
• Hans-Joachim Holtzmann · Hamburg, DE
• Gunther Sachau · Norderstedt, DE
• Helmut Reul · St. Blasien, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 17, 1986
• Grant date: Oct 18, 1988
• Expiry date: Nov 17, 2006

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S623/90
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

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.