Carbomedics Inc.

John C Budd

Louis A Campbell

Joseph A Sauter

A prosthetic heart valve rotator with an eccentric socket attached to a bendable shaft. The heart valve is manipulated by a rotator head which is attached to the socket in any of a plurality of selectable angular positions. The rotator head is held in the socket by a spring which circumscribes the socket, thereby reducing stress in the spring.

Mitral valve prosthesis rotator

A bi-leaflet heart valve having an annular body and a pair of leaflets. The leaflets pivot around improved ears, whose motion is constrained by generally triangular recesses. The triangular recesses have a pivotal vertex in proximity to a centerline of the annular base and on the upstream side of the heart valve. Opposite the pivotal vertex is a slightly concave base. An upstream wall of the recess is convex.

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Austin, TX, United States of America

John C Budd