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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:
Feb. 10, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael J Girard, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Todd D Campbell, White Bear, MN (US);
M William Mirsch, II, Roseville, MN (US);
Kristen Swanson, St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
St. Jude Medical, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623900 ; 623-2 ;
Abstract
A stent for receiving and supporting a tissue heart valve for ultimate implantation into a human, the heart valve including tissue leaflets joined at circumferentially spaced commissures, wherein the stent includes at least one commissure support post and at least one sinus support structure each sinus support structure being disposed between but not functionally connected to an adjacent commissure support post.
Published as:
CA2221707A1; WO9640008A1; AU6158496A; US5716417A; EP0833595A1; BR9609181A; JPH11507557A; US5984973A; CA2221707C; EP0833595B1; DE69630220D1; ES2202448T3; DE69630220T2;