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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 1984
Filed:
Apr. 12, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jerome J Klawitter, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Hemex, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3-15 ; 1375121 ; 137527 ; 1375278 ;
Abstract
A heart valve having a pair of leaflets which are guided between their open and closed positions by guides extending outward and received in dog-leg shaped depressions. The depressions each have a downstream section, which angles outward from a centerline plane of the valve body and a connected vertical upstream section. In the closed position the guides reside in intermediate locations to unload the force between the guides and the depression walls.