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Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2003

Filed:

Nov. 15, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:

Joseph W. Rollero, Whitehouse Station, NJ (US);

William McJames, Belle Mead, NJ (US);

Eric Hinrichs, Pipersville, PA (US);

Jerry Stametz, Freemansburg, PA (US);

Assignee:

Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/704 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/704 ;
Abstract

A surgical suture loop combination and a method of using the combination. The combination has a suture and a surgical needle. The ends of the suture are mounted to the surgical needle to form a suture loop. A pledget member is mounted to the suture loop. A replacement heart valve is mounted to a cardiac valve annulus using the suture loop combinations and surgical procedures of the present invention.

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Rollero, Joseph. (2003). Surgical method for affixing a valve to a heart using a looped suture combination (U.S. Patent No. 6506197). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/6506197

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