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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2007
Applicants:
Norman Jaffe, Dana Point, CA (US);
Afksendiyos Kalangos, Geneva, CH;
Yuri Zhivilo, Moscow, RU;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Leman Cardiovascular SA, Morges, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A reinforcement device for a biological valve includes an arrangement of supports configured to establish a double-trigone geometry in the valve and coupled to a base upon which the valve may be mounted. A plurality of commissural supports establish the geometry of a commissural trigone, and a plurality of intercommissural supports establish the geometry of an intercommissural trigone. A method for reinforcing a biological valve includes using commissural supports in conjunction with intercommissural supports, both sets of supports coupled to a base upon which the valve is mounted.