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Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 1999

Filed:

May. 24, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:

Tammi E Klostermeyer, Austin, TX (US);

Joseph A Sauter, Austin, TX (US);

Louis A Campbell, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

Sulzer Carbomedics Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623-2 ;
Abstract

A combined heart valve and vascular graft, or 'valve/graft combination', wherein the heart valve has a sewing ring that is substantially impervious to blood flow. In our preferred embodiment, the sewing ring comprises a solid circular silicone insert which supports the sewing ring radially outwardly form the valve and forms a shield to prevent the flow of blood through the sewing ring.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Klostermeyer, Tammi. (1999). Combined prosthetic aortic heart valve and vascular graft with sealed (U.S. Patent No. 5891195). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5891195

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