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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2008
Alan Nugent, Dallas, TX (US);
James E. Lock, Newton, MA (US);
Alan Nugent, Dallas, TX (US);
James E. Lock, Newton, MA (US);
Children's Medical Center Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
A replacement heart valve apparatus. The heart valve apparatus includes a stent and a valve frame having a substantially cylindrical body defining a lumen. The valve frame includes a plurality of curved wire pairs attached to the substantially cylindrical body. Each curved wire pair includes an inner curved wire and an outer curved wire. The wire frame further having a plurality of leaflets. Each leaflet is attached to a respective inner curved wire and extends over a respective outer curved wire, so as to position the body of the leaflet within the lumen of the valve frame.
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