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Infundibular reducer devices

US8801776B2 · kind B2 · utility

303Cited by

4References

22Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Medtronic Vascular, Inc. · US

Inventors

Morgan House · Newfields, US
Philipp Bonhoeffer · London, GB
Nasser Rafiee · Andover, US
Rany Busold · Medford, US
Nareak Douk · Lowell, US
Juan-Pablo Mas · Indianapolis, US
Stuart MacDonald · Pultneyville, US
Michael Finney · San Francisco, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 24, 2009
Grant date	Aug 12, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 6, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2250/0048
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Described is a prosthetic valve assembly comprising: a radially self-expandable stent configured to expand to bear against a wall of a native body lumen; and an implantable prosthetic valve, having a diameter, the valve being mounted inside the stent; wherein the diameter of the stent is greater than the diameter of the prosthetic valve.

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