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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. 05, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2000
Applicants:
Shinichiro Morita, Ayabe, JP;
Saburo Nakamura, Ayabe, JP;
Shigeyuki Hirata, Moriyama, JP;
Toshiharu Shin'oka, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuharu Imai, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Shinichiro Morita, Ayabe, JP;
Saburo Nakamura, Ayabe, JP;
Shigeyuki Hirata, Moriyama, JP;
Toshiharu Shin'oka, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuharu Imai, Tokyo, JP;
Assignees:
Gunze Limited, Kyoto, JP;
Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F002/24 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An artificial heart valve comprising a tubular base body having sinuse(s) of Valsalva and valve cusp(s) provided inside the base body, characterized in that the base body and the valve cusps comprise a bioabsorbable polymer material.