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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2008
Filed:
May. 07, 2001
Applicant:
Shlomo Gabbay, Short Hills, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Shlomo Gabbay, Short Hills, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for helping improve operation of a heart valve includes implanting an apparatus at an annulus of a heart valve, such that one or more leaflets of the patient's heart valve the can move into and out of engagement with a portion of the implanted apparatus and thereby help control blood flow relative to the apparatus and heart valve.