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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2016
Applicant:
Direct Flow Medical, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Inventors:
Gordon B. Bishop, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Do Uong, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Randall T. Lashinski, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Assignee:
DFM, LLC, Incline Village, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61M 29/02 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/09 (2006.01); A61F 2/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/2409 (2013.01); A61F 2/2418 (2013.01); A61F 2/2427 (2013.01); A61M 29/02 (2013.01); A61F 2002/485 (2013.01); A61F 2220/005 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0008 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0058 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0066 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0075 (2013.01); A61F 2230/008 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0078 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0003 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0059 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0081 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0096 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09008 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09175 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cardiovascular prosthetic valve, the valve comprising an inflatable cuff comprising at least one inflatable channel that forms, at least in part, an inflatable structure, and a valve coupled to the inflatable cuff, the valve configured to permit flow in a first axial direction and to inhibit flow in a second axial direction opposite to the first axial direction, the valve comprising a plurality of tissue supports that extend generally in the axial direction and that are flexible and/or movable throughout a range in a radial direction.