Patent · US Expired

Valve sizer

US6322526A · kind A · utility

62Cited by

23References

15Claims

0Family size

Inventors

Daniel C. Rosenman · San Mateo, US
Michi E. Garrison · Sunnyvale, US
Sean Christopher Daniel · Palo Alto, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 25, 2000
Grant date	Nov 27, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 25, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S623/90
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A valve sizer having a movable element mounted to the distal end of a shaft. A valve sizing portion includes the movable element so that the valve sizing portion may be adjusted to correspond to a number of different available replacement valve sizes. An indicator mounted to the proximal end of the shaft indicates the valve size corresponding to the outer dimension of the valve sizing portion.

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