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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 1994
Filed:
Aug. 21, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
John T Wright, Conifer, CO (US);
Donald P Elliott, Denver, CO (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ; A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623-2 ; 623900 ;
Abstract
Adjustable, flexible suture 2ings, mitral and tricuspid annuloplasty 2ings having internal drawstrings that emerge from the 2ings on the annular faces so that the drawstring knots are out of the bloodstream, the drawstrings being contained in clearly marked channels, the mitral 2ing having a curved semi-flexible stiffener member in the anteri/r segment to maintain intertrigonal distance during implantati/n are disclosed.
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