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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2004
Applicant:
David Peter Shaw, Christchurch, NZ;
Inventor:
David Peter Shaw, Christchurch, NZ;
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61F 2/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/2412 (2013.01); A61F 2/2403 (2013.01); A61F 2/2475 (2013.01);
Abstract
A prosthetic valve in the form of a flap valve which includes one or more flaps arranged to allow movement of liquid through the valve only in one direction, in which the or each flap is made of a flexible open work structure of a medically acceptable metal such as titanium or a titanium alloy.