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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2009
Applicant:
Ivan Vesely, Larkspur, CO (US);
Inventor:
Ivan Vesely, Larkspur, CO (US);
Assignee:
ValveXchange Inc., Aurora, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 19/04 (2006.01); A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61F 11/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/2427 (2013.01); A61F 2/2412 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9528 (2013.01); A61F 2250/006 (2013.01); A61F 2/2409 (2013.01);
Abstract
A valve assembly with an exchangeable valve member and a docking station, and a tool set that facilitates the exchange of a valve member. The tool set includes a stabilizer or holding tool for holding the docking station during an exchange procedure, a valve extraction or removal tool for removing an existing valve member from an installed docking station, and an insertion tool for installing a replacement valve member.