Optimized geometry of a tissue pattern for semilunar heart valve reconstruction
US6328763A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 11, 1999 |
| Grant date | Dec 11, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 11, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2/2427
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A new and unique, optimized, two-dimensional heart valve tissue pattern, valve, and a method of reconstructing a three-dimensional semilunar heart valve, or portion thereof. In one preferred embodiment, the two-dimensional valve tissue pattern, and method of the present invention, comprises a two-dimensional configuration developed and optimized by employing, in part, the anatomy of a three-dimensional human heart valve, and said two-dimensional configuration delimits a two dimensional area that corresponds to the shape of tissue to be used in the repair of at least one leaflet of a circulatory system semilunar valve, wherein the configuration delimits at least one segment, and up to all three segments, of a three segment "trefoil" shape.
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