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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Riyad Moe, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Carbomedics Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 ;
Abstract
A heart valve is disclosed which includes a valve body and a plurality of flexible leaflets coupled to the valve body. The plurality of leaflets can have an open position and a closed position. Each of the plurality of leaflets can comprise a belly when the plurality of leaflets are in their respective closed positions. The belly of one or more of the plurality of leaflets preferably has a continuous curvature except for two or more features.