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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2008
Christian Debry, Paris, FR;
André Walder, L'Hay les Roses, FR;
Roland Duffait, Evans, FR;
Sylvain Lefebvre, Vuillafans, FR;
Claudia Blank, Stützerbach, DE;
Christian Debry, Paris, FR;
André Walder, L'Hay les Roses, FR;
Roland Duffait, Evans, FR;
Sylvain Lefebvre, Vuillafans, FR;
Claudia Blank, Stützerbach, DE;
Protip SAS, Strasbourg, FR;
Universite Louis Pasteur (ULP), Strasbourg, FR;
Hopitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg (HUS), Strasbourg, FR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a valve device designed to be implanted in a dysfunctional larynx or in a prosthetic larynx. The valve device has a distal portion forming an annular support structure and a central portion forming an obturator. The obturator includes i) a peripheral part forming a first valve integral with the annular support structure in a first hinge region, and ii) a central part forming a second valve integral with the first valve in a second hinge region.