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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2008
David Paniagua, North Bay Village, FL (US);
Eduardo Induni, Alajuela, CR;
Carlos Mejia, Miami Beach, FL (US);
Francisco Lopez-jimenez, Rochester, MN (US);
R. David Fish, Houston, TX (US);
David Paniagua, North Bay Village, FL (US);
Eduardo Induni, Alajuela, CR;
Carlos Mejia, Miami Beach, FL (US);
Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, Rochester, MN (US);
R. David Fish, Houston, TX (US);
Colibri Heart Valve LLC, Broomfield, CO (US);
Abstract
A method of making a replacement heart valve device whereby a fragment of biocompatible tissue material is treated and soaked in one or more alcohol solutions and a solution of glutaraldehyde. The dried biocompatible tissue material is folded and rehydrated in such a way that forms a two- or three-leaflet/cusp valve without affixing of separate cusps or leaflets or cutting slits into the biocompatible tissue material to form the cusps or leaflets. After the biocompatible tissue material is folded, it is affixed at one or more points on the outer surface to the inner cavity or a stent.