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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2009
Applicant:
Jason Gordon Beith, Parkland, FL (US);
Inventor:
Jason Gordon Beith, Parkland, FL (US);
Assignee:
Aortech International PLC, Surbiton, Surrey, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 41/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is provided an artificial cardiac or heart valve, more particularly a flexible leaflet heart valve used to replace natural aortic or pulmonary valves of the heart in which the leaflet geometry is defined by a parabolic function and a method of manufacturing said artificial cardiac valves. In addition, there is provided leaflets which have geometry defined by a parabolic function.