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Apparatus for treatment of cardiac valves and method of its manufacture

US8562672B2 · kind B2 · utility

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274References

20Claims

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Assignee

Medtronic, Inc. · US

Inventors

Philippe Bonhoeffer · London, GB
Debra Taitague · Tecate Mission Road, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 18, 2005
Grant date	Oct 22, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 12, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2250/0097
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A prosthetic valve including a replacement valve having a tubular valve body wall, an expandable stent having a framework with first and second ends, and suturing holding the framework to the valve body at the first and second ends. The suturing at the first end is colored differently from the suturing at the second end.

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